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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| F—(Continued.) | Date of Reports. | Page of Reports. |
|---|---|---|
| Fever cases in Workhouse | March,1862 | 5 |
| ,, „ and deaths, table showing, in October, 1868 | Oct. 1869 | 12 |
| „ relapsing, rate of mortality in | „ | 7 |
| „ „ length of illness in | Jan. 1870 | 8 |
| „ in registered lodging houses | March,1862 | 5 |
| June, „ | „ | |
| „ large number of cases of, in District | Dec. 1865 | „ |
| „ eight cases of, at 29, Little Alie Street | Jan. 1864 | 3 |
| „ „ „ 4, Garden Court, Glasshouse Street | April „ | 8 |
| „ „ „ 8, Court Street | Deo. „ | 4 |
| „ nine „ 82, Wentworth Street | „ „ | „ |
| „ ten „ 9, George Yard | „ „ | „ |
| „ predisposing causes of | Sept. 1863 | 6 |
| „ Hospital, insufficiency in size of, for London | Dec. 1865 | 8 |
| „ „ rate of mortality therein | April, 1864 | 7 |
| „ „ size of | Dec. 1865 | 8 |
| „ on board ship in St. Katharine Docks | „ 1872 | 7 |
| „ prevalence of, in some parts of District | June, 1873 | 9, 10 & 11 |
| „ in 1862 and in 1838 | „ 1873 | 11 |
| „ and other epidemic diseases, means of prevention | Oct. 1874 | 10 |
| „ and registered common lodging houses | Jan. 1876 | 10 & 11 |
| July, „ | 7 | |
| „ recurrence of in certain houses | Dec. 1864 | 4 |
| „ and small-pox, the old Small-pox and Fever Hospitals, disease not spreading from the one to the other, although only between 30 and 40 ft. apart | „ 1878 | 8 |
| „ period of incubation of | March,1862 | S |
| July, 1874 | 12 | |
| „ no respecter of persona | „ „ | 6 |
| „ note on | Dec. 1859 | 7 |
| March, 1862 | 4 | |
| „ and overcrowding | June, 1873 | 10 |
| ,, and other contagious diseases can be removed by order of Magistrate, persons suffering from | „ „ | „ |
| March,1878 | 11 & 12 | |
| ,, until 1859, not recorded separately under the) heads typhus, enteric, typhoid, simple continued fever, but was recorded as typhus in the mortality returns | June, 1872 | 9 |
| „ „ diminution in number of, shows a diminution of suffering among the poor, and a lessened expenditure | 1867 | 3 |
| „ „ number of, from 1838 to 1857 | July, 1858 | 8 |
| „ „ in Whitechapel District in 1855 | Oct. 1856 | |
| Dec. 1856 | 2 | |
| ,, „ „ ,, discrepancy in the returns of the Medical Officers of the Union | April, 1859 | 4 |
| ,, „ „ diminution of | July, 1858 | 9 |
| April, 1859 | 3 | |
| „ „ mostly sent to Workhouse | March,1862 | 5 |
| „ „ usual duration of | Dec. 1860 | 3 |
| „ ,, reduced in number by sanitary improvement | „ „ | 4 |