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Whitechapel 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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F—(Continued.)Date of Reports.Page of Reports.
Fever cases in WorkhouseMarch,18625
,, „ and deaths, table showing, in October, 1868Oct. 186912
„ relapsing, rate of mortality in„7
„ „ length of illness inJan. 18708
„ in registered lodging housesMarch,18625
June, „„
„ large number of cases of, in DistrictDec. 1865„
„ eight cases of, at 29, Little Alie StreetJan. 18643
„ „ „ 4, Garden Court, Glasshouse StreetApril „8
„ „ „ 8, Court StreetDeo. „4
„ nine „ 82, Wentworth Street„ „„
„ ten „ 9, George Yard„ „„
„ predisposing causes ofSept. 18636
„ Hospital, insufficiency in size of, for LondonDec. 18658
„ „ rate of mortality thereinApril, 18647
„ „ size ofDec. 18658
„ on board ship in St. Katharine Docks„ 18727
„ prevalence of, in some parts of DistrictJune, 18739, 10 & 11
„ in 1862 and in 1838„ 187311
„ and other epidemic diseases, means of preventionOct. 187410
„ and registered common lodging housesJan. 187610 & 11
July, „7
„ recurrence of in certain housesDec. 18644
„ 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„ 18788
„ period of incubation ofMarch,1862S
July, 187412
„ no respecter of persona„ „6
„ note onDec. 18597
March, 18624
„ and overcrowdingJune, 187310
,, and other contagious diseases can be removed by order of Magistrate, persons suffering from„ „„
March,187811 & 12
,, until 1859, not recorded separately under the) heads typhus, enteric, typhoid, simple continued fever, but was recorded as typhus in the mortality returnsJune, 18729
„ „ diminution in number of, shows a diminution of suffering among the poor, and a lessened expenditure18673
„ „ number of, from 1838 to 1857July, 18588
„ „ in Whitechapel District in 1855Oct. 1856
Dec. 18562
,, „ „ ,, discrepancy in the returns of the Medical Officers of the UnionApril, 18594
,, „ „ diminution ofJuly, 18589
April, 18593
„ „ mostly sent to WorkhouseMarch,18625
„ „ usual duration ofDec. 18603
„ ,, reduced in number by sanitary improvement„ „4