London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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| D-(Continued.) | Date of Reports. | Page of Reports. |
|---|---|---|
| Danger to health from crowded rooms | Oct. 1856 | 9 |
| ,, from disregarding our sensations | ,, ,, | 10 |
| ,, from drinking water from public pumps | ,, ,, | 15 |
| „ from the emanations from cesspools | July, 1858 | 7 & 8 |
| ,, to attendants on fever patients from allowing the excreta to remain in the rooms | March,1862 | 6 |
| Dec. 1878 | 19 | |
| „ from want of information respecting the existence of contagious diseases | March, „ | 10 & 11 |
| ,, of sending hot water into the sewers | Jan. 1864 | 9 |
| June, 1878 | 14 | |
| Dangerous cranes attached to warehouses | Jan. 1858 | 5 |
| Danish church, vault underneath | April, 1869 | 8 |
| Dead bodies kept at an undertakers | June, 1863 | 7 |
| „ „ in belfrey of Whitechapel church | Sept. „ | ,, |
| „ „ of children deposited in the public way | „ 1863 | 8 |
| Deaths from small-pox in 1871 | April, 1871 | 11 |
| „ ,, in 1872 | Dec. 1872 | 12 |
| ,, „ in Rotterdam and the Hague | April, 1871 | 11 & 12 . |
| „ „ in London, and statement as regards those vaccinated, un-vaccinated, and not stated as to vaccination | March,1878 | 8 |
| Deaths uncertified | July, 1869 | 5 |
| Sept. 1878 | ||
| Dec. „ | ,, | |
| „ of children in proportion to births | March,1868 | 4 & 5 |
| „ ,, in the Whitechapel District in 1876, | Sept. 1878 | 11 |
| under one month, one month and | ||
| under three months, &c. | ||
| „ „ under five years more than half the total mortality | Jan. 1858 | 5 |
| ,, „ from syphilis | March,1857 | ,, |
| ,, ,, under five, 49 per cent | July, 1858 | 3 |
| „ „ causes of | April, 1859 | 5 |
| „ ,, from impure air | June, 1861 | 8 |
| „ ,, under three months, per centage of | March,1872 | ,, |
| ,, from premature decay are chiefly amongst the poor | Dec. 1868 | 4 |
| ,, from consumption and other tuberculous diseases | Jan. 1874 | 10 |
| „ from epidemics in London Districts | Oct. 1856 | 7 |
| ,, and cases of sickness sometimes bear no porportion to each other | July, 1859 | 3 |
| „ causes of, vaguely recorded | June, 1857 | 4 |
| Sept. „ | ,, | |
| Jan. 1858 | ,, | |
| Sept. 1868 | ,, | |
| ,, from fever and from scrofulous diseases | June, 1858 | 7 |
| „ (six) from fever in London Hospital | March,1862 | 5 |
| „ from neglect of orders given for sanitary improvements and the propriety of holding inquests thereon | Dec. 1865 | 7 |
| „ annual increase of, in Whitechapel | Jan. 1864 | ,, |
| „ number of, in London annually | ,, ,, | ,, |
| ,, not certified demand an official inquiry | July, 1865 | 5 |