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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 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE II.
Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases lor the Three Months ended 28th June, 1878.
| Sub-districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Fever. | Cholera & Cholcraie Diarrhea. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitafields | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Mile End New Town | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel North | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 0 | 0 | 1 | I | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | Bospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |
| Aldgate | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Totals | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 0 | £0 | |
| Deaths lrom Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1877. | 4 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 86 |
Four deaths from small-pox of patients belonging to this District occurred in the SmallPox
Hospital at Homerton, and three deaths from fever occurred in the Fever Hospital;
thus mating 7 deaths from small-pox and 8 from fever.
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 ende( 29th June, 1878.
| Sub-districts. | Enumerated Population in 1871. | Births. | Deaths. | Under 1 year of age. | 1, and under 5 years. | Persons aged 60 years and upwards. | Violence. | Inquest cases. | Deaths in Public Institutions. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitafields | 22499 | 195 | 94 | 32 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 18 | 4 |
| Mile End New Town | 15550 | 170 | 183 | 29 | 20 | 34 | 5 | 19 | 100 |
| Whitechapel North | 11597 | 124 | 52 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Whitechapel Church | 7322 | 59 | 206 | 7 | 27 | 32 | 35 | 39 | 177 |
| Goodman's Fields | 10381 | 83 | 52 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aldgate | 9224 | 40 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 76573 | 671 | 622 | 115 | 91 | 107 | 56 | 84 | 281 |