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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 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE of POPULATION, BIRTHS, and New Cases of INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year, 1897, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Whitechapel ; Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities
| Names of Localities, &c. | Population at all ages. Census. Population 1896. | Births during 52 weeks of 1898. | Ages. | Cases of Infectious Disease Notified. | Cases Removed to Hospitals. | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small.pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Contind. Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. — | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Contind. Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | ||||
| Spitalfields— Sub-Registration District. | 26681 | - | Under 5 yrs. | 38 | 26 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 34 | 23 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 5 yrs. & over | — | 32 | 11 | 1 | — | 12 | — | — | 1 | — | 33 | — | 26 | 8 | — | - | 10 | — | — | — | — | 9 | |||
| Mile End New Town | 12816 | — | Under 5 yrs. | _ | 28 | 20 | 1 | - | - | — | _ | - | - | 4 | - | 24 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5 yrs. & over | 1 | 15 | 21 | 2 | - | 3 | — | - | 1 | - | 25 | 10 | 12 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 | ||||
| Whitechapel Church— | 25561 | Under 5 yrs. | - | 58 | 31 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 45 | 24 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| 5 yrs. & over | - | 29 | 22 | - | - | 12 | - | - | 1 | - | 37 | - | 29 | 12 | - | - | 11 | - | - | — | — | 16 | |||
| Goodman's Fields-Sub-Registration District. | 13618 | Under 5 yrs. | - | 15 | 24 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 9 | 20 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5 yrs. & over | 1 | 25 | 10 | - | - | 11 | - | - | 1 | - | 16 | 1 | 19 | 8 | - | - | 7 | - | - | — | — | 3 | |||
| London Hospital— | 990 | — | Under 5 yrs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 yrs. &over | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Whitechapel Infirmary— | 592 | Under 5 yrs. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5 yrs. & over | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 2 | 243 | 168 | 13 | — | 43 | - | - | 4 | - | 146 | 2 | 196 | 120 | 6 | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | 39 | ||||
Total 619 Total 395