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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: The following Table is continued from my last Quarterly Report, and exhibits the weekly progress in London of the existing epidemic of Smallpox, and that of 1870-71 in the corresponding weeks:—

The following Table is continued from my last Quarterly Report, and exhibits the weekly progress in London of the existing epidemic of Smallpox, and that of 1870-71 in the corresponding weeks:—

1876-7. Week endingDeaths1877-8. Week endingDeaths1870-1. Week endingDeaths1871-2. Week endingDeaths
July 813Oct. 614July 9 „ 1613Oct. 772
„ 152„ 131411„ 1461
„ 228„ 208„ 2315„ 2153
„ 297„ 2714„ 3011„ 2861
Aug. 51Nov. 39Aug. 615Nov. 461
„ 129„ 1025,, 1311„ 1154
„ 195„ 1714„ 2010„ 1876
„ 2610„ 2427„ 2711„ 2567
Sept. 28Dec. 131Sept. 39Dec. 278
„ 95„ 825„ 1012„ 9104
„ 166„ 1531„ 1711„ 16106
„ 2311„ 2231„ 2415„ 2390
„ 3015„ 2929Oct. 113„ 3097
Oct. 7111878„ 8271872
„ 1416Jan. 526„ 1513Jan. 691
„ 2122.. 1235„ 2217„ 1390
„ 2815„ 1951„ 2921„ 2093
Nov. 421„ 2634Nov. 523„ 2790
„ 1148Feb. 238„ 1240Feb. 352
„ 1852„ 955„ 1945„ 1068
„ 2543„ 1647„ 2641„ 1748
Dec. 267„ 2339Dec. 360„ 2453
„ 950March 254„ 1061Mar. 252
„ 1675„ 934„ 1744„ 949
„ 2397„ 1653„ 2482„ 1642
„ 3075„ 2342„ 31110„ 2348
1877„ 30481871„ 3055
Jan. 6116April 655Jan. 779April 665
„ 13100„ 1358„ 14135„ 1349
„ 2079„ 2080„ 21188„ 2048
„ 2786„ 2763„ 28157„ 2741
Feb. 3103May 460Feb. 4196May 462
„ 1090.. 1148„ 11211„ 1139
1772„ 1848„ 18218„ 1854
„ 24104„ 2543„ 25227„ 2554
March 384June 140March 4213June 137
„ 1096„ 842„ 11194„ 827
„ 17100„ 1524„ 18185„ 1537
„ 2476„ 2219„ 25205,, 2226
„ 3186„ 2938April 1192„ 2943
April 778July 619.. 8214July 635
„ 1460„ 1311„ 15265„ 1326
„ 2168„ 2019„ 22276„ 2029
„ 2889„ 2711„ 29261„ 2733
May 554August 318May 6288August 328
„ 1278„ 1014„ 13232„ 1015
„ 1970,, 179„ 20267„ 1716
„ 2669„ 2410„ 27257„ 2415
June 261„ 316June 3229„ 318
„ 958Sept. 73„ 10245Sept. 76
„ 1655„ 147„ 17240„ 1412
„ 2344„ 214„ 24232„ 215
„ 3044„ 282July 1235„ 289
July 723Oct. 54„ 8164Oct. 510
„ 1432„ 125„ 15133„ 127
„ 2135„ 195„ 22135„ 1917
„ 2827„ 264„ 29132„ 266
August 422Nov. 23Aug. 587Nov. 214
„ 1120„ 99„ 1296„ 915
,, 1821„ 1616„ 1980„ 1013
„ 2511„ 237„ 2682,, 2313
Sep. 120„ 308Sep. 278„ 308
„ 88Dec. 74„ 981Dec. 78
„ 1510„ 1417„ 1657„ 145
„ 2210„ 2114„ 2389„ 215
„ 2913„ 2813„ 3051„ 2810