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Whitechapel 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table of Weekly Mortality, &c., in London and in the
Whitechapel District.

Table: The following Table, taken from the Returns of the Registrar -General, shows the comparative results of the Quarter:—

The following Table, taken from the Returns of the Registrar -General, shows the comparative results of the Quarter:—

Week endedDeaths in London.Deaths in Wchpl. DistrictRainfall.Mean Temperature of the air.
Diarrhoea.Fever.Small-poxFrom all causes.From Smallpox.From all causes.
Inches-Degree.
Jan. 49371319000562.0341.4
„ 119261218730530.0328.2
„ 1813271219470510.8535.4
„ 2513252418120360.0229.2
Feb. 116172818210460.0531.6
„ 813201718390600.8539.8
„ 1515182016460391.2943.8
„ 2216141716450471.4135.8
March 119162217710410.2534.8
„ 812121720230570.0842.1
„ 1511221519890430.1942.1
„ 2212201520850530.0443.6
„ 291822920780650.1735.5

Table: VACCINATION.WHITECHAPEL UNION.—Return of the number of Cases Vaccinated by the Public Vaccinator and the Medical Officer of the Workhouse, together with the number of Births Registered during the same quarters.

VACCINATION.

WHITECHAPEL UNION.—Return of the number of Cases Vaccinated by the Public Vaccinator and the Medical Officer of the Workhouse, together with the number of Births Registered during the same quarters.

Quarter ending—PUBLIC VACCINATORWorkhouse.Totals.Births Registd.
Primary Cases.Re-Vaccination.Primary Cases.Re-Vac-cinationPrimary Cases.Re-Vacci-ation.
June, 187738252414066696
September336—26—362—607
December241332—2733704
March, 18782881329—3175688
June443546—4896672
September48053015104644
December, 1878258426—28413638
March, 1879273137—3101753
Totals27013625022951385402