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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 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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VACCINATION.
The Medical Officer of the Workhouse, together with the number of Births Registered during the same quarters.
| Quarter ending— | PUBLIC VACCINATOR | Workhouse. | Totals. | Births | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Cases. | Re-Vaccination. | Primary Cases. | Re-Vac-cination | Primary Cases. | Re-Vaccination. | Registd. | |
| March, 1879 | 273 | 1 | 37 | — | 310 | 1 | 753 |
| June | 639 | 24 | 25 | — | 564 | 24 | 656 |
| September | 464 | 2 | 27 | — | 491 | 2 | 658 |
| December | 373 | — | 33 | — | 406 | — | 655 |
| April 3rd, 1880 (14weeks) | 380 | 2 | 31 | — | 411 | 2 | 846 |
| June | 533 | — | 25 | — | 558 | — | 676 |
| September | 387 | 6 | 15 | — | 402 | 6 | 590 |
| December | 335 | 1 | 35 | — | 370 | 1 | 621 |
| Totals | 3284 | 36 | 228 | — | 3512 | 36 | 5455 |
Quarterly Return of Small Pox and Fever Cases and Deaths in the Asylum Board Hospitals, September 30th to December 30th.
| FEVER.—19 Admitted. | SMALL POX.—25 Admitted. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men. | Women. | Children. | Total. | Men. | Women. | Children. | Total. | ||
| North District | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | North District | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| South District | 1 | 1 | 14 | 16 | South District | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 19 | 25 | ||||||||
| Of these 19*— 10 were admitted from the London Hospital (8 being non-resident in Union). | Of these 25— 7 were admitted from the London Hospital (4 being non-resident in Union). | ||||||||
| 3 Died. Craven, Thomas, aged 38, from 6, Angel-alley. | 4 Died. Groves, Frederick, aged 50, from 13 Oxford-street, W.C. | ||||||||
| Tubb, Mary A., aged 29, from 101, Wentworth-st. | Covney, Peter, aged 28, from 3, Norwich-court. | ||||||||
| Ratigan, Patrick, aged 4, from 10, Crown - court, Went-worth-street. | |||||||||
| Wood, James, aged 5, from London Hospital, (late of 111, Finnist., Bethnal Green.) | |||||||||
| Kenny, Mary A., aged 8, from 4, Paternoster-row. | |||||||||