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Whitechapel 1878

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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TABLE VII.

Showing the cases of Epidemic Diseases among the pauper population in the Whitechapel District during the last 23 years.

Name of Disease1856185718581859186018611862* 186318641865186618671868* 1869187018711872* 187318741875187618771878
Small Pox11562024265861132532186261254935302625602101912548
Measles71266427179520705258048251679155323212257178761285932326411
Scarlet Fever & Diphtheria1054914717693100118305156164197605431197321622161176818
Hooping Cough981502301468338815316921728021721914430814010294863044152416
Diarrhœa8981324946120977314181085110811271342166414711631103310975902832121501011206176
Fever19291441590411190109822464295573343308586385325201191268424341717
Cholera & Choleraic-Diaha.0160110114458581423200012
Totals3216325223602364172521712817238023022500341924722839225522221730551578485218226300188
* In the above Table the years 1863, 1869, and 1873, consist of 53 weeks.