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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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TABLE II.
Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases for the Three Months ending
1st July, 1876.
| Districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhœa. | Fever. | Cholera & Choleraic Diarrhoea. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfields | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Workhouse. | ||
| Mile End New Town | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Whitechapel North | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Whitechapel Church | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Hospital. | |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Aldgate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 38 | ||
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1875. | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 67 |
Four deaths from fever of patients belonging to this District occurred in the Asylum
District Fever Hospital at Homerton.
TABLE III.
Showing Sub-districts, Enumerated Population, Total Births, and Deaths from all causes— Deaths under 1 year of age and above 60 years ; Deaths from Violence, Inquest cases, anc Deaths in Workhouse and London Hospital, for the Quarter ending 1st July, 1876.
| Sub-districts. | Enumerated Population in 1871. | Births. | Deaths. | Under 1 year | of age. | Persons aged 60 ye?rs and upwards. | Violence. | Inquest cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfields | 22499 | 217 | 92 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 3 |
| Mile End New Town | 15550 | 160 | 133 | 13 | 36 | 5 | 10 | 91 |
| Whitechapel North | 11597 | 110 | 37 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Whitechapel Church | 7322 | 65 | 180 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 32 | 153 |
| Goodman's Fields | 10381 | 79 | 43 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Aldgate | 9224 | 49 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 680 | 527 | 77 | 84 | 37 | 70 | 247 |