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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Whitechapel 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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13th December, and Tuesday, the 14th December, when the thermometer
indicated respectively 23.7°, 23.3°, 29.8°, and 24.2°. The coldest day
during the corresponding Quarter of last year was on Friday, the 1st
January, when tho thermometer indicated 18.2°, or 13.2° below the freezing
point.
The rain-fall during the year was 27.59 inches, and in the previous
year the rain-fall was 18.31 inches.
The following table, taken from the returns of the Registrar-General,
shows the comparative results of the Quarter :—
LONDON.
| Oct. 9 | Oct. 16 | Oct 23 | Oct. 30 | Nov. 6 | Nov 13 | Nov 20 | Nov 27 | Dec 4 | Dec. 11 | Dec. 18 | Dec. 26 | Jan 1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths from Fever | 29 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 27 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 20 |
| Deaths from Scar let Fever | 110 | 122 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 116 | 96 | 120 | 104 | 103 | 107 | 85 | 75 |
| Mean Temperature of the air | 54.3° | 45.8° | 49.7° | 43.0° | 48.2° | 43.0° | 45.8° | 360° | 309 | 33.3° | 37.5° | 46.1° | 43.1° |
| Rain-fall in inches | 0.49 | 0.48 | 2.16 | 0.25 | 0.62 | 1.92 | 0.32 | 0.01 | 0.41 | 0.31 | 0.01 | 0.35 | 0.17 |
| Deaths in London | 1397 | 1442 | 1563 | 1477 | 1583 | 1567 | 1603 | 1504 | 1628 | 1856 | 1834 | 1603 | 1782 |
| Deaths in Whitechapel District. | 39 | 46 | 60 | 49 | 56 | 41 | 50 | 59 | 52 | 58 | 58 | 43 | 68 |
| Deaths in do. from Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vaccination.
WHITECHAPEL UNION.—Return of the number of Cases Vaccinated by the Public Vaccinator and the Medical Officer of the Workhouse, together with the number of Births Registered during the same quarters.
| Quarter ending— | PUBLIC VACCINATOR | workhouse. | Totals. | Births Registd. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Cases. | Re-Vaccination. | Primary Cases. | Re-Vaccination | Primary Cases. | Re-Vaccination. | ||
| March, 1874 | 335 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 872 | 1 | 640 |
| June | 411 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 441 | 2 | 726 |
| September | 329 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 359 | 0 | 630 |
| December | 185 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 216 | 2 | 689 |
| March, 1875 | 292 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 336 | 2 | 687 |
| June | 376 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 402 | 0 | 673 |
| September | 350 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 385 | 1 | 650 |
| December | 178 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 201 | 2 | 655 |
| Totals | 2456 | 10 | 256 | 0 | 2712 | 10 | 5350 |