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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: APPENDIX.TABLE I.—Cases of Sickness of the Zymotic and Acute Classes, which are recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union,for the Three Months ended on the 28th Dec., 1878.

APPENDIX.

TABLE I.—Cases of Sickness of the Zymotic and Acute Classes, which are recorded in the Books of the Medical Officers of the Union,

for the Three Months ended on the 28th Dec., 1878.

Names of Medical Officers.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Hooping-Cough.Diarrhœa.Cholera and Choleraic - Diarrhœa.Continued Fever, Typhus & Typhoid.Febricula.Pyæmia.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Croup.Acute Pulmonary Inflammation.Carbuncle.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Dysentery.Delirium Tremens.Lead Poisoning.All other Diseases.Total.
Bronchitis and Catarrh.Pleuritis andPneumonia.
Dr. Swyer001000400110371604010099164
Mr. Champneys0100703204007310110021287392
Mr. Sequeira000030140000710100014967
Mr. H. Braye043030040200310050100132185
Mr. Loane0000301100001800100024369
Totals05401609110710166180220224610877
Corresponding Qr. of previous Year.18130240121204005960190021292444
Workhouse Mr. J. J. Ilott.0002900821200128246744683463749
In addition to the cases attended by Mr. Ilott in the Workhouse, there were 41 cases of syphilis.