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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 for the Three Months ended 28th September, 1878.
| Sub-districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Fever. | Cholera & Choleraic Diarrhœa. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfields | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Mile End New Town | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 29 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel North | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 17 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Aldgate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Totals | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 104 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1877. | 0 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 110 |
Two deaths from small-pox of patients belonging to this District occurred in the SmallPox
Hospital at Homerton; thus making 3 deaths from small-pox. No deaths from
fever occurred in the Fever Hospital.
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 ended 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfields | 22499 | 167 | 100 | 45 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Mile End New Town | 15550 | 160 | 149 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 3 | 13 | 74 |
| Whitechapel North | 11597 | 109 | 57 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Whitechapel Church | 7322 | 58 | 183 | 21 | 25 | 30 | 44 | 45 | 151 |
| Goodman's Fields | 10381 | 94 | 37 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aldgate | 9224 | 56 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 76573 | 644 | 566 | 143 | 101 | 89 | 56 | 78 | 226 |