Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 e n ding 30th June, 1877.
| Districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhœa. | Fever. | Cholera & Cholcraic Diarrhoea. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfields | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 34 | ||
| Mile End New Town | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23 | Workhouse. | ||
| Whiteohapel North | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Hospital. | |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Aldgate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 4 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 86 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1876. | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 38 |
Six deaths from small-pox of patients belonging to this District occurred in the Small
Pox Hospital at Homerton.
TABLE III.
Showing Sub-districts, Enumerated Population, Total Births, and Deaths from all causes— Deaths under 1 year of age, 1 and under 5 years, and above 60 years; Deaths from Violence, Inquest cases, and Deaths in Workhouse and London Hospital, for the Quarter ending 30th June, 1877.
| Sub-districts. | Enumerated Population in 1871. | Births. | Deaths. | Under 1 year of age. | 1 and under 5 years. | Persons aged 60 ye?rs and upwards. | Violence. | Inquest cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfields | 22499 | 214 | 126 | 39 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 5 |
| Mile End New Town | 15550 | 177 | 181 | 36 | 29 | 48 | 4 | 17 | 78 |
| Whitechapel North | 11597 | 95 | 56 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Whitechapel Church | 7322 | 55 | 199 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 53 | 176 |
| Goodman's Fields | 10381 | 93 | 47 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Aldgate | 9224 | 57 | 46 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 76573 | 691 | 655 | 137 | 113 | 107 | 60 | 93 | 259 |