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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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WHITECHAPEL DISTRICT— Continued.
| OCCUPATIONS. FEMALES. | Total No. of Cases. | Fatal Cased. | General Diseases, Class I. | General Diseases, Class 11. | Arthritic Diseases. | Diseases of Nervous System. | Diseases of Vascular Sv«t«»ni. | Diseases of Inspiratory System. | Diseases of Digestive System. | Diseases of Urinary System. | Diseases of Generative Organs- | Zymotic Dineases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 30 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | l | ||
| In-door Trades | 32 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | l | 4 | 3 | ||
| Out-door Trades | ||||||||||||
| Poisonous or injurious | ||||||||||||
| Professional | ||||||||||||
| Children and persons of no occupation | 6 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| Total No. of cases | 67 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 12 | l | 13 | 4 | |
| Fatal cases | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
"General Diseases, Class I.," embraces measles, scarlet fever, typhus fever, enteric
fever, cerebro-spinal meningitis, pyæmia, ague, erysipelas, puerperal fever, acute tuberculosis,
pyrexia (from undetermined causes).
"General Diseases, Class II.," embraces purpura, scurvy, scrofula, rickets, anæmia.
cancer, syphilis, diabetes, general dropsy, &c.
FRANCIS WARNER, M.D., Medical Registrar.
Return of fever and small-pox cases received into the Infirmary of the Workhouse
for the three months ended Saturday, 29th June, 1878.
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. | Prorious Residence. | Date of admission into Infirmary. | Date of admission into Fever Hospital. | Length of time in the Infirmary before appearance of Fever. | Whether or not Patients had Fever on admission. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enteric | 12, Thrawl-st., Spitalfields | April 6 | April 8 | 1 day | No |
| Typhus | 1, George-st., Spitalfields | Junel7 | Junel9 | 2 „ | If |
| Enteric | 6, Queen-st., Tower-hill | ,, 19 | „ 20 | On admission | Yes |
| Small-pox | Refuge, Crispi n-st. No residence. | Apl. 24 | Apl. 24 | ||
| Small-pox | Girl aged 13 yrs. Had walked the streets the whole previous eight with her mother and sister, and came to the door of the Workhouse at 10.30 p.m. with the eruption fully out | June25 | June25 |