Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 December, 1873.
| Sub-districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | HoopingCough. | Diarrhœa. | Fever. | Cholera & Choleraic Diarrhœa. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfields | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |
| Mile End New Town | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel North | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aldgate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 42 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1877. | 3 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 48 |
No deaths from small-pox of patients belonging to this District occurred in the SmallPox
Hospital at Homerton. No death 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
| 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 | 180 | 107 | 31 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 19 | 5 |
| Mile End New Town | 15550 | 166 | 163 | 25 | 24 | 60 | 1 | 4 | 97 |
| Whitechapel North | 11597 | 97 | 48 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Whitechapel Church | 7322 | 65 | 208 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 41 | 47 | 168 |
| Goodman's Fields | 10381 | 83 | 40 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Aldgate | 9224 | 47 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 76573 | 638 | 593 | 104 | 72 | 143 | 54 | 86 | 270 |