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Table: TABLE VI.Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases in the Whitechapel District during the last 23 years.

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TABLE VI.

Showing the Deaths from Epidemic Diseases in the Whitechapel District during the last 23 years.

Name of Disease		1856	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	* 1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	* 1869	1870	1871	1872	* 1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878
Small Pox		31	3	4	60	21	28	33	69	5	22	44	40	11	1	56	159	19	1	1	2	8	23	11
Measles		12	60	78	31	81	27	153	26	137	28	139	33	69	71	36	42	23	44	33	40	16	96	32
Scarlet Fever & Diphtheria		45	43	87	96	59	70	91	200	50	80	76	26	48	208	59	25	96	24	199	51	18	28	24
Hooping Cough		64	89	117	50	49	89	62	52	74	97	94	72	55	113	50	43	9	79	16	61	57	44	84
Diarrhœa		81	139	108	141	67	101	69	114	109	122	119	100	138	97	107	125	99	113	76	93	103	89	89
Fever		188	117	104	93	69	65	250	158	170	167	100	82	1C9	95	52	40	26	44	47	30	27	26	29
Cholera &Cho leraic-Diaha.		0	10	6	5	1	4	5	5	2	4	904	9	10	7	6	3	5	8	3	0	0	0	0
Totals		421	461	504	476	347	393	663	714	547	520	1476	362	440	592	366	437	277	313	375	277	229	306	269
London	Fever	2674	2203	1902	1796	1302	1754	3635	2802	3689	3232	2681	2174	2483	2211	2049	1755	1003	1548	1553	1282	1206	1240	1361
	Searlta. & Diph.	1795	1587	4118	4197	2457	3058	4194	5799	3806	2614	2316	1836	3418	6102	6306	2220	1063	932	3037	4038	2673	1776	2350
	Small Pox.	522	154	247	1156	877	215	345	2012	537	646	1388	1339	606	273	958	7834	1532	114	56	75	739	2544	1416
* In the above Table the years 1863, 1869, and 1873, consist of 53 weeks.