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Whitechapel 1883

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TABLE VII.

Showing the cases of Epidemic Diseases among the pauper population in the Whitechapel District during the last 27 years.

Name of Disease	1857	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883
Small Pox	6	20	242	65	86	113	253	21	86	261	254	93	5	302	625	60	2	1	0	19	125	48	10	37	135	17	5
Measles	266	427	179	520	70	525	80	482	51	679	155	323	212	257	178	76	123	59	32	32	64	11	115	40	164	58	58
Scarlet Fever & Diphtheria	49	147	176	93	100	118	305	156	164	197	60	54	311	97	32	16	22	161	17	6	8	18	71	21	15	15	16
Hooping Cough	150	230	146	83	388	153	169	217	280	217	219	144	308	140	102	94	86	30	44	15	24	16	33	12	30	45	10
Diarrhoea	1324	946	1209	773	1418	1085	1108	1127	1342	1664	1471	1631	1033	1097	590	283	212	150	101	120	61	76	91	119	97	65	71
Fever	1441	590	411	190	109	822	464	295	573	343	308	586	385	325	201	19	126	84	24	34	17	17	13	9	12	23	6
Cholera & Cho-leraic-Diarrbea	16	0	1	1	0	1	1	4	4	58	⁵	8	1	4	2	3	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	3252	2360	2364	1725	2171	2817	2380	2302	2500	3419	2472	2839	2255	2222	1730	551	578	485	218	226	300	188	333	238	454	223	166

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* In the above Table the years 1863, 1869, 1873 and 1880, consist of 53 weeks.