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Whitechapel 1883

[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 31st March, 1883.

Sub-diutricts.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet FeverDiphtheria.Hooping-Cough.Diarrhcea.Fever.Cholera & Choleraic Diarrhoea.Total.Remarks.
0202132010Workhouse.
Mile End New Town010011104
Whitechapel North040100005
Whitechapel Church001201004Hospital.
Goodman's Fields020010003
Aldgate011000002
Totals01025353028
Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1881.140759107088

One death from small-pox, of a patient sent from this District, occurred in the
Small-pox Hospital. One death from fever occurred in the Fever Hospital of a person
belonging to this District, thus making a total of 4 deaths from fever.

TABLE III.

Showing Sub-districts, Enumerated Population, Total Births, and Deaths from all cause3— Deaths under 1 year of age, 1 and under 5 years, aud above 60 years ; Deaths from Violence, Inquest cases, and Deaths in Workhouse aud London Hospital, for the Quarter ended 31st March, 1883.

Sub-districts.Enumerated Population in 1881.j 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.
Spitalfields22585179862514153104
Mile End New Town1547318817038164351891
Whitechapel North .10001844012123140
Whitechapel Church7489652431929374449217
Goodman's Fields9713783712145140
Aldgate61024022261020
Totals71363634598108911045487312