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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 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE of POPULATION, BIRTHS, and New Cases of INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1899, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Whitechapel; Classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

TABLE of POPULATION, BIRTHS, and New Cases of INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1899, 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 1899.Cases of Infectious Disease Notified.Cases Removed to Hospitals.
Ages.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.Contnd. Fever.Relapsing Fever.Puerperal Fever.Cholera.Erysipelas.
Spitalfields— Sub-Registration District—Under 5 yrs.-38292-6----6-32192-6----2
5 yrs. & over-1834--50--1-34—1725--43--1-10
Mile End New Town— Sub-Registratn.Dis-trict (not including the Infirmary andthe London Hosp.)78676_Under 5 yrs._38446-7----3-33365-5----1
[See Table, page 30.]5 yrs. & over-43271-49--2-36-30171-45----10
Goodman's Fields— Sub-Registration DistrictUnder 5 yrs.-29212------5-22201------1
5 yrs. & over13523-123--2-2612718-117----9
London Hospital—990Under 5 yrs.----------------------
5 yrs. & over—21--1----------------
Whitechapel Infirmary—592—Under 5 yrs.----------------------
5 yrs. & over-1--------14-----------
Totals1204179111136——5—124116113591116——1—33
Total661Total457