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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| NAME OF PLACE. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membrns. Croup | Typhus Fsver. | Typhoid Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | NAME OF PLACE. | Small Pox | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membrns. Croup | Typhus Fever. | Typhoid Fever. | Puerperal i'ever | Erysipelas. | Measles. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New road | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Sharp's buldings | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Newman's buildings | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Sheba street | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Newnliam street | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | Shepherd street | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Newcastle street | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Shepherd street build ings | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| North place | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
| Norton Folgate | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Spital street | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| North street | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | Spital square | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Norwich court | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | Spring gardens | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Nathaniel buildings | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Steward street | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Old Montague street | .. | 16 | 11 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | St. Mark street | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Osborn street | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | St. Mary Street | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Osborn place | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Spelman street | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Oxford slreet | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | Swan Street | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Paternoster row | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Strafford houses | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pelham street | .. | 4 | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | Tenter street, Spitalfields | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Periera street | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||||
| Plumber's row | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | Tenter street, north | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pool's square | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | Tenter street, south | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pope's Head court | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Tenter buildings | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Prince's place | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Tewkesbury buildings | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Princelet street | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | Thrawl street | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. |
| Peabody bides., Glasshouse street | .. | 16 | 9 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | Turner street | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| The Mount | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
| Peabody bldgs., Commercial street | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | Underwood street | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 |
| Upper East Smithfield | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||
| Pauline terrace | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Vine court | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pelham street buildings | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | Vine yard | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pelham house | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Vallance road | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Plough street buildings | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | Well street | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Quaker street | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | Wellclose square | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Queen street, Hanbury street | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Wentworth street | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| White's row | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
| Queen street, Tower hill | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | White Lion street., | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 |
| Queen Ann street | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Whitechapel High street | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Ramar place | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | Whitechapel road | .. | 8 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 7 | 1 |
| Raven row | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Wilke's street | .. | 7 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Rosetta place | .. | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Wilk court | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Royal Mint street | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | Winthrop street | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Rupert street | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Wentworth buildings | .. | 8 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Royal Mint square | .. | 6 | 6 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | Whitechapel Infirmary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | .. |
| Regal place | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Wildermuth house | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Rothschild's buildings | .. | 7 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | Yoakley's buildings | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Royal Mint | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
| Sandy's row | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
| Scarborough street | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Totals | .. | 484 | 277 | 14 | 15 | 52 | 4 | 118 | 41 |
641 of above were removed to Hospitals. Total No. of Cases 991
17 ,, „ In-patients at London Hospital. —
14 ,, ,, ,, Whitechapel Infirmary.
319 ,, „ attended at their respective homes.
Total 991
In addition to the above there occurred in the Tower of London (which is non-parochial)
7 cases of Scarlet Fever, 2 cases of Diphtheria, and 27 cases of Measles.