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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 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 29th September, 1883.
| Sub-districts. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Hooping-Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Fever. | Cholera 4 Choleraic Diarrhœa. | Total. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfields | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | |
| Mile End New Town | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 30 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel North | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Aldgate | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 1 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 95 | |
| Deaths from Epidemics for the corresponding Quarter, 1882. | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 79 |
One death from small-pox, of a patient sent from this District, occurred in the
Small-pox Hospital.
TABLE III.
Showing Sub-districts, Enumerated Population, Total Births, and Deaths from all causes— Deaths under 1 year of age, 1 and under 5 years, and above 60 years ; Deaths from Violence, Inquest cases, and Deaths in Workhouse and London Hospital, for the Quarter ended 29th September, 1883.
| Sub-districts. | Enumerated Population in 1881. | 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalfields | 22585 | 184 | 75 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 9 | |
| Mile End New Town | 15473 | 171 | 135 | 47 | 23 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 59 |
| Whitechapel North | 10001 | 73 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Whitechapel Church | 7489 | 48 | 222 | 14 | 35 | 24 | 26 | 33 | 195 |
| Goodman's Fields | 9713 | 80 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Aldgate | 6102 | 34 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 71363 | 590 | 534 | 117 | 101 | 73 | 44 | 62 | 257 |