Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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.
Week ended | Deaths in London. | Deaths in Wchpl. District | Painfull. Inches. | Mean Temperature of the air. Degrees | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
From Diarrhoea and Dysentery- | From Fever. | From Small-pox. | From all causes. | From Smallpox. | From all causes. | |||
July 7 | 167 | 11 | 1 | 1521 | 0 | 40 | 0.12 | 64.3 |
„ 14 | 325 | 18 | 0 | 1736 | 0 | 37 | 0.87 | 61.4 |
„ 21 | 351 | 11 | 0 | 1781 | 0 | 47 | 0.44 | 56.0 |
„ 28 | 254 | 16 | 6 | 1605 | 0 | 48 | 0.41 | 57.4 |
Aug. 4 | 168 | 7 | 1 | 1465 | 0 | 42 | 0.22 | 60.6 |
94 | 16 | 2 | 1312 | 0 | 30 | 1.28 | 59.4 | |
„ 18 | 119 | 12 | 2 | 1437 | 0 | 47 | 0.07 | 62.3 |
„ 25 | 63 | 19 | 1 | 1356 | 0 | 56 | 0.01 | 64.0 |
Sept. 1 | 74 | 23 | 4 | 1292 | 0 | 34 | 0.36 | 62.5 |
„ 8 | 87 | 36 | 1 | 1257 | 0 | 41 | 0.81 | 54.7 |
„ 15 | 62 | 31 | 1 | 1260 | 0 | 30 | 1.52 | 57.8 |
„ 22 | 54 | 25 | 2 | 1286 | 0 | 42 | 0.24 | 58.4 |
„ 29 | 61 | 17 | 2 | 1257 | 1 | 40 | 0.92 | 57.1 |
Fever and Small-pox Return for Quarter ended Michaelmas, 1883.
SMALL POX. | Men | Women. | Children | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
North District | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South „ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4* |
* Of these 3 were from the London Hospital and non-resident.
1 death—Thomas Rush. 32, Upper Constance street, West Ham.
Fever
Men. | Women. | Children. | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
North District | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
South | 1 | 1 | 15 | 17* |
* Of these, 8 were from the London Hospital and non-resident.
2 deaths
Walter Doubleday, 6, George s gardens, Bethnal Green.
James McArdell, 2, Norwich court, Upper East Smithfield.
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 durinff the same quarters.
Quarter ended— | PUBLIC VACCINATOR | workhouse. | Totals. | Births Registd. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary Cases. | Re-Vaccination. | Primary Cases. | Re-Vac-eination | Primary Cases." | Re-Vaccination. | ||
December, 1881 | 394 | 4 | 25 | 179 | 419 | 183 | 578 |
March, 1882 | 360 | 17 | 31 | 146 | 391 | 163 | 644 |
June | 543 | 6 | 36 | 125 | 579 | 131 | 520 |
September | 441 | 25 | 45 | 105 | 486 | 1-30 | 588 |
December | 328 | 2 | 33 | 135 | 361 | 137 | 617 |
March, 1883 | 409 | 6 | 25 | 160 | 434 | 166 | 634 |
June | 463 | 1 | 57 | 53 | 520 | 54 | 564 |
September | 419 | 3 | 42 | 3 | 461 | 6 | 534 |
Totals | 3357 | 64 | 294 | 906 | 3651 | 970 | 4679 |