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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 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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ZYMOTIC DISEASES during the year 1885.
| NAME OF PLACE. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric orTyphus Fvr. | NAME OF PLACE. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric or TyphusFvr. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alie street, Little | ... | 1 | 1 | Hay don square | ... | 1 | ... | |
| Baker's row | 3 | ... | ... | John's place | ... | 1 | ... | |
| Blossom street | ... | ... | 1 | King street, Aldgate | 3 | 1 | ... | |
| Boundary court | ... | 1 | ... | Leman street | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Brady street | 1 | 1 | ... | Lower East Smithfield | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Brick lane | ... | 1 | ... | Mansell street | 2 | ... | ... | |
| Buckle street buildings | ... | 1 | ... | Metropolitan buildings | ... | 1 | ... | |
| Butler street | 2 | ... | ... | Mount street | 1 | 1 | ... | |
| Buxton street | 1 | ... | ... | Newcastle place | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Cannon place | 1 | ... | ... | Newcastle street | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Chamber street | ... | 2 | ... | New road | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Church street | 1 | ... | ... | Norton Folgate | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Commercial road | 1 | ... | ... | Old Montague street | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Commercial street | 2 | ... | Oxford street | 1 | ... | ... | ||
| Cotton street | 1 | ... | ... | Palmer street | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Crispin Street | ... | ... | 1 | Parliament court | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Dorset Street | 1 | 1 | ... | Parliament row | ... | 1 | ... | |
| Dragon yard | ... | ... | 1 | Peabody's bdgs. | A Block | 1 | ... | ... |
| Drum yard | ... | 1 | ... | B „ | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Duke street | ... | 2 | ... | E „ | ... | 1 | ... | |
| Elder street | 1 | ... | ... | J .. | ... | 2 | ... | |
| Enoch's court | 1 | ... | ... | Pelham street | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Fashion street | 2 | ... | ... | Plummer's row | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Finch street | 1 | ... | ... | Quaker's street | ... | 3 | ... | |
| Fort street | ... | 1 | ... | Royal Mint street | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Freeman street | 1 | ... | ... | Shepherd street | 1 | ... | ... | |
| George street north | 1 | ... | ... | Spital square | 2 | ... | ... | |
| George yard | ... | 3 | ... | Tenter street south | 1 | 2 | ... | |
| Goodman's yard | ... | 1 | 1 | Tewkesbury buildings | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Goulston Street | ... | ... | 1 | Thrawl street | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Grace's alley | ... | 1 | ... | Tilley street | ... | ... | ||
| Great Pearl street | 2 | ... | ... | Tower of London | ... | 1 | ... | |
| Great Prescot street | 1 | ... | ... | Wellclose square | 3 | ... | ||
| Gun street | 2 | ... | ... | Well street | 1 | ... | ||
| Hanbury street | 2 | 1 | ... | Whitechapel road | 1 | ... | ||
| Harriott place | ... | 1 | ... | White's row | 2 | ... | ... | |
* There were 9 cases of Enteric Fever and 3 cases of Typhus Fever.
T ABLE F.—VACCINATION STATISTICS. For the Year ended December 31st, 1885.
| Certificates of successful Vaccination registered by the Vaccination Officer:- | ||||
| Born in the Union | 2135 | |||
| Resident, but born elsewhere | 254 | |||
| 2389 | ||||
| Vaccination | Public Vaccinator | 1590 | ||
| Primary | Superintendt. Infirmary | 71 | ||
| 1661 | ||||
| Re-Vaccination | Public Vaccinator | 24 | ||
| Superintendt. Infirmary | 431 | |||
| Returned as "Insusceptible" | 3 | |||