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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WHITECHAPEL DISTRICT—Continued.
OCCUPATIONS.
FEMALES.
Total No.
of Cases.
Fatal
Cases.
General
Diseases,
Class I.
General
Diseases,
Class 11.
Arthritic
Diseases.
Diseases of
Nervous
System.
Diseases of
Vascular
System.
Diseases of
Inspiratory
System.
Diseases of
Digestive
System.
Diseases of
Urinary
System.
Diseases of
Generative
Organs.
Zymotic
Diseases.
Domestic
30
2
1
4
5
3
9
3
1
2
1
In-door Trades
6
1
2
1
1
1
Out-door Trades
3
1
1
1
Poisonous or injurious
1
1
Professional
Children and persons
of no occupation
10
2
1
1
3
2
1
Total No. of cases
50
4
2
7
7
8
9
8
3
2
1
Fatal cases
4
2
1
1
"General Diseases, Class I.," embraces measles, scarlet fever, typhus fever, enteric
fever, cerebro-spinal mehingitis, pyaemia, ague, erysipelas, puerperal fever, acute tuberculosis,
pyrexia (from undetermined causes).
"General Diseases, Class II.," embraces purpura, scurvy, scrofula, rickets, anosmia,
cancer, syphilis, diabetes, general dropsy, &c.
FRANCIS WARNER, M.D., Medical Registrar.
Return of fever cases received into the Infirmary of the Workhouse for the
three months ended Saturday. 29th December. 1877.
TABLE showing the Localities from which the Patients were received into the Infirmary
of the Workhouse, and other particulars relating to them.
Class and description
of Fever.
Previous Residence.
Date of
sion into
Infirmary
Date of
mission into
Fever
Hospital
Length of time in
the Infirmary before
appearance of
Fever.
Whether or not
Patients had Fever
on admission.
Enteric
7, Gun-street
Oct. 4
Oct. 6
1 day
No
„
9, Flower and Dean-street
„ 4
„ 15
8
„
„
186, Old Montague-street
„ 13
„ 15
1 „
„
Typhus
9, Flower and Dean street
„ 14
„ 15
1 „
Slightly
Enteric
19, George-st. Spitalfields
Nov. 20
Nov.24
1 „
No
„
48, Wentworth-street
„ 24
„ 27
2 „
„
„
1, Angel-alley
„ 27
Dec. 4
3 „
„
Typhus
2, George-street
Dec. 4
„ 5
1 „
Slightly
Enteric
1, Crown-ct., Wentwth-st.
„ 13
„ 15
2 „
No
The residences mentioned in the above list, with one exception, are registered
Common Lodging Houses.
The above return, which has been kindly prepared by Mr. Ilott, shows
that all the patients who were sent to the Fever Hospital from the