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    Something new to kick off the new boards
    This is an exercise I did some time back and was meaning to post
    It is a copy of all those listed as "prostitute" in the infirmary registers from 1885 to early 1887
    Two are listed as living at Millers Court and there are some familiar names - Mary A Conly (sic), Emily Holland and Emma Smith (but apparently too young to be the one who died in early 1888)
    I will be continuing this into the rest of 1887.
    These will also be posted at:


    Chris

    Whitechapel Infirmary register
    1885-1887

    Those listed as Prostitutes

    5 November 1886
    Mary Ann Conly aged 30
    19 George Street
    Rheumatism

    9 November 1885
    Kate Ford aged 18
    56 Flower and Dean Street
    Syphilis

    5 November 1885
    Emily Hill aged 28
    13 Thrawl Street
    Rheumatism

    8 September 1885
    Ellen McCarthy (Carter written over) aged 19
    7 Flower and Dean Street
    Syphilis

    17 October 1885
    Rose Morgan aged 23
    4 Vine Yard
    Swelled legs

    14 July 1885
    Mary Ann Potter aged 16
    Millers Court
    Pregnant

    11 November 1885
    Ellen Smith aged 20
    18 Thrawl Street
    Haemorrhoids

    30 October 1885
    Elizabeth Watling aged 16
    32 Flower and Dean Street
    Syphilis

    16 November 1885
    Sarah Grench aged 26
    36 Flower and Dean Street
    Rheumatism

    17 November 1885
    Alice Morton aged 18
    7 Flower and Dean Street
    Inflamed labia

    18 November 1885
    Florence White aged 19
    15 Great Pearl Street
    Labour

    20 November 1885
    Susan Harley aged 33
    3 Paternoster Row
    Ulcerated leg

    20 November 1885
    Mary Ann Smith aged 19
    Casual ward
    Gonorrhea

    28 November 1885
    Catherine Wright aged 40
    56 Flower and Dean Street
    Bronchitis

    8 December 1885
    Mary Barry aged 23
    32 Flower and Dean Street
    Debility

    9 December 1885
    Kate Ford aged 18
    26 Princes Square, St George East
    Gonorrhea

    10 December 1885
    Mary A Smith aged 20
    Casual ward
    Gonorrhea

    11 December 1885
    Mary A Arthur aged 42
    18 Thrawl Street
    Syphilis

    26 December 1885
    Maria West aged 29
    26 Pearl Street
    Pregnant

    29 December 1885
    Jane Walters aged 30
    4 Dorset Street
    Abscess

    1 January 1886
    Charlotte Smith aged 27
    7 Flower and Dean Street
    Eruption

    2 January 1886
    Ann May aged 23
    26 Millers Court, Dorset Street
    Labour

    9 January 1886
    Catherine Johnson aged 19
    Casual ward
    Syphilis

    12 January 1886
    Maria Read aged 33
    18 George Street
    Debility

    18 January 1886
    Kate Morgan aged 23
    18 Thrawl Street
    Rheumatism

    20 January 1886
    Sarah Grant aged 26
    36 Flower and Dean Street
    Inflamed foot

    25 January 1886
    Hannah Smith aged 21
    56 Flower and Dean Street
    Syphilis

    1 February 1885
    Catherine Davis aged 19
    No home
    Syphilis

    2 February 1886
    Rose Glynn aged 25
    27 Thrawl Street
    Bronchitis

    2 February 1886
    Ellen Rogers aged 49
    6 Little Pearl Street
    Rheumatism

    3 February 1886
    Sarah Ann Glover aged 25
    32 Flower and Dean Street
    Labour

    4 February 1886
    Mary A Morland aged 28
    1 Garden Court
    Labour

    6 February 1886
    Eliza Bilstead aged 25
    18 Thrawl Street
    Labour

    6 February 1886
    Mary Childs aged 42
    No home
    Paralysis

    9 February 1886
    Ann May aged 23
    7 Flower and Dean Street
    Labour

    10 February 1886
    Louisa Riley aged 20
    36 Flower and Dean Street
    Gonorrhea

    14 February 1886
    Maria Read aged 33
    18 George Street
    Pleurodysnia

    24 February 1886
    Susan Hurley aged 33
    The Refuge
    Ulcerated leg

    25 February 1886
    Alice Strand? aged 22
    3 Flower and Dean Street
    Dirty head

    28 February 1886
    Emily Hughes aged 33
    56 Flower and Dean Street
    Vertigo

    3 March 1885
    Hannah Harrigan aged 20
    Casual ward
    Syphilis

    11 March 1886
    Ellen Clayton aged 30
    58 Flower and Dean Street
    Inflamed foot

    23 March 1886
    Alice Mitchell aged 24
    30 Dorset Street
    Abscess and pregnant

    23 March 1886
    Ellen Clayton aged 30
    56 Flower and Dean Street
    Epilepsy

    24 March 1886
    Eliza Johnson aged 21
    3 Whites Row
    Bronchitis

    27 March 1885
    Elizabeth Murray aged 34
    7 Flower and Dean Street
    Sore throat and syphilis

    3 April 1885
    Sophia Townsend aged 33
    No home
    Syphilis

    6 April 1886
    Fanny Brewer aged 19
    12 Thrawl Street
    Gonorrhea

    9 April 1886
    Emily Cormack aged 49
    8 Whites Row
    Eruptions

    13 April 1886
    Annie Nash aged 30
    16 Thrawl Street
    Abscess

    15 April 1886
    Elizabeth Bryant aged 21
    52 George Street
    Rheumatism

    16 April 1886
    Bridget Powell aged 31
    52 Flower and Dean Street
    Sore throat

    27 April 1886
    Ellen Horton aged 30
    32 Flower and Dean Street
    Labour

    29 April 1886
    Ada Markham (overwritten as Murray) aged 19
    1 George Yard
    Gonorrhea

    6 May 1886
    Ann Jane Lamb aged 27
    6 Little Pearl Street
    Vertigo

    7 May 1886
    Margaret Barry aged 40
    16 Thrawl Street
    Syphilis

    9 June 1886
    Eliza Beer aged 19
    56 Flower and Dean Street
    Scabies

    18 June 1886
    Elizabeth Sapsed aged 27
    24 Thrawl Street
    Rheumatism

    25 June 1886
    Catherine Cotter aged 28
    19 George Street
    Rheumatism

    30 June 1886
    Ann Cowley aged 22
    19 George Street
    Labour

    3 July 1886
    Eliza Chalk aged 30
    Workhouse
    Child ill

    6 July 1886
    Alice Mitchell aged 24
    22 Thrawl Street
    Pleurodynia

    13 July 1886
    Mary Dunlop aged 25
    16 Thrawl Street
    Abscess

    14 july 1886
    Sarah Grant aged 25
    36 Flower and Dean Street
    Debility

    17 July 1886
    Catherine English aged 23
    6 Paternoster Row
    Labour

    22 July 1886
    Alice Ashworth aged 43
    36 Flower and Dean Street
    Lumbago

    23 July 1886
    Mary Ann Hales aged 21
    3 Dales Place
    Labour

    27 July 1886
    Mary A Dunlop aged 25
    16 Thrawl Street
    Abscess

    27 July 1886
    Elizabeth Johnson aged 27
    7 Flower and Dean Street
    Labour

    5 August 1886
    Florence Goodyer aged 21
    3 Vine Yard
    Gonorrhea

    10 August 1886
    Elizabeth Sapshead aged 27
    23 Thrawl Street
    Rheumatism

    10 August 1886
    Louise Cale aged 32
    22 and half Thrawl Street
    Insane - sent to banstead Asylum

    16 August 1886
    Mary A Dunlop aged 25
    16 Thrawl Street
    Inflamed face

    16 August 1886
    Emma Smith aged 32
    16 Great Pearl Street
    Gonorrhea

    19 August 1886
    Catherine Davis aged 19
    Workhouse
    Sore throat and syphilis

    19 August 1886
    Eliza Elliott aged 23
    37 Flower and Dean Street
    Effects of confinement

    21 August 1886
    Phoebe Smith aged 27
    56 Flower and Dean Street
    Eruptions

    31 August 1886
    Jane Davey aged 41
    55 Flower and Dean Street
    Labour

    2 September 1886
    Catherine Carter aged 26
    56 Flower and Dean Street
    Rheumatism

    3 September 1886
    Emily Holland aged 21
    7 Flower and Dean Street
    Labour

    7 September 1886
    Mary Ann Donovan aged 16
    7 Flower and Dean Street
    Diarrhoea and pregnant

    18 September 1886
    Susan Grice aged 20
    52 Flower and Dean Street
    Pregnant

    5 October 1886
    Elizabeth Johnson aged 28
    37 Flower and Dean Street
    Debility

    14 October 1889
    Ellen Morgan aged 17
    33 George Yard
    Scabies

    15 October 1886
    Mary Owens aged 25
    56 Flower and Dean Street
    Inflamed labia

    16 October 1889
    Emily Downes aged 22
    15 Thrawl Street
    Syphilis

    16 October 1886
    Mary Spillane aged 21
    31 Norton Folgate
    Pregnant

    19 October 1886
    Annie Nash aged 31
    16 Thrawl Street
    Abscess

    25 October 1886
    Ellen Lucas aged 18
    32 Flower and Dean Street
    Inflamed labia

    27 October 1886
    Jane Collins aged 26
    15 Great Pearl Street
    Inflamed legs

    28 October 1886
    Mercy Smith aged 34
    33 George Yard
    Syphilis

    1 November 1886
    Sarah Johnson aged 30
    19 George Street
    Bronchitis

    2 November 1886
    Bridget Power aged 32
    56 Flower and Dean Street
    Laryngitis

    3 November 1886
    Susan Ginn aged 20
    52 Flower and Dean Street
    Labour

    9 November 1886
    Annie Smith aged 19
    Flower and Dean Street
    Pregnant

    13 November 1886
    Ann Morris aged 19
    Casual ward
    Syphilis

    17 November 1886
    Agnes Cutter aged 28
    19 George Street
    Bronchitis

    18 November 1886
    Louisa Webster aged 27
    36 Flower and Dean Street
    Inflamed arms and eruptions

    22 November 1886
    Emma Roberts aged 25
    18 George Street
    Ulcers

    25 November 1886
    Mary A Donovan aged 16
    4 Dorset Street
    Injury to back

    1 December 1886
    Catherine Sweeney aged 20
    8 Whites Row
    Ulcerated throat

    2 December 1886
    Sarah Stroud aged 25
    52 Flower and Dean Street
    Dirty head and itch

    3 December 1886
    Elizabeth McDonald aged 36
    43 Flower and Dean Street
    Bronchitis

    6 December 1886
    Ada Illingworth aged 23
    No home
    Haemoptysis

    13 December 1886
    Ellen Jones aged 26
    Casual ward
    Pediculosis capitis

    18 December 1886
    Emma Wilkins aged 30
    19 George Street
    Erysipelas

    18 December 1886
    Caroline Barker aged 19
    5 Princes Street
    Labour

    18 December 1886
    Mary Spillane aged 22
    31 Norton Folgate
    Measles

    23 December 1886
    Mary Ann Ryan aged 24
    32 Flower and Dean Street
    Syphilis

    31 December 1886
    Elizabeth Sapshead aged 27
    Limehouse
    Syphilis

    31 December 1886
    Alice Stone aged 18
    16 Thrawl Street
    Gonorrhea

    31 December 1886
    Emily Savage aged 19
    1 New Court
    Haemorrhoids

    3 January 1887
    Mercy Smith aged 24
    33 George Yard
    Syphilis

    4 January 1887
    Emily Hill aged 29
    12 Eagle Place
    Rheumatism

    6 January 1887
    Agnes Cutter aged 28
    Flower and Dean Street
    Rheumatism

  • #2
    S T D

    Thank you, Chris, for the information you have provided.

    One quarter of the women listed above have a sexually transmitted disease (STD) which was not uncommon in that day and age. These diseases were not fully understood, and therefore not effectively diagnosed and treated. Also, it was most likely under-reported in medical records. I am interested in this, not only as a social study of the period, but also because syphilis has been put forth as a motive, or factor, by several authors over the years writing about the Whitechapel Murders.

    Using the data from the link in the above post, I have produced a survey of the general populaton. All lines 1888.

    Roy


    Cases of STD in Whitechapel Infirmary Register 1888

    James Marshall,25, 18 Thrawl Street, Single, Labourer, Syphilis, March 3

    Sarah Hoskins, 23, 8 Whites Row, Single, Prostitute, Gonorrhea, June 6

    George Roberts, 28, 19 Brick lane, Single, Labourer, Syphilis, May 14

    Nancy Redman, 41, 22 and half Thrawl Street, Single, Charwoman, Gonorrhea Rheumatism, April 28

    Elizabeth Johnson, 31, 18 George Street, Single, Prostitute, Gonorrhea, March 23

    Ann Bryan, 46, 7 Flower and Dean Street, Wife of George, WheelwrightGeneral dealer, Syphilis, April 18

    GeorgeBrown, 23, 41 Commercial Street, Single, Hawker, Syphilis, April 30

    George Bridgeman, 25, 55 Flower and Dean Street, Single, Hawker, Gonorrhea, April 14

    Elizabeth Garnham, 43, Dormitory, Wife of James, Carman, Gonorrhea, May 5, Dead

    Jane Kenny, 26, 35 Dorset Street, Wife of Charles, Dock labourer, Whitlows and Gonorrhea,June 9

    James Allen, 35, Workhouse, Single, Clerk, Gonorrhea, May 12

    Maria Ince, 18, 55 Flower and Dean Street, Single, Fish hawker, Gonorrhea, June 2

    George Whale, 27, 1 Osborne Place, Single, Dock labourer, Syphilis, June 4

    Laura Mastead, 23, 168 Dalston Lane, Single, Prostitute, Gonorrhea, June 28

    Agnes Clapham, 35 Dorset Street, Widow of Thomas, Dealer, Gonorrhea, June 28

    John Green, 25, 12 Princes Street, Single, Hawker, Syphilis eruption, July 19

    Agnes Cutler, 30, 16 Thrawl Street, Single, Laundress, Gonorrhea, June 19

    James Marshall, 25, 6 Little Pearl Street, Single, Dock labourer, Syphilis, June 14

    Alice M Jackson, 29, 6 Whites Row, Single, Prostitute, Syphilis , July 16

    Rachael Franks, 7 weeks, Workhouse, Child of Sarah, Syphilitic, June 23, Dead

    Elizabeth Theobald, 18, Walked from Romford, Single, Prostitute, Syphilis, July 19
    Sink the Bismark

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    • #3
      Hi Roy,

      You need to add "chancre" and "tabes dorsalis" to your list - these were also venereal diseases. Having done a similar survey, I found that the vast majority of VD sufferers were prostitues, closely followed by dock labourers - no surprises there! The following graph shows the "Top Six" occupations to suffer from STDs:

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      ...think of it as a "clap-ometer".
      Kind regards, Sam Flynn

      "Suche Nullen" (Nietzsche, Götzendämmerung, 1888)

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      • #4
        thanks for the great posts

        possibly stupid question coming up...

        where can the various records for the local hospitals and infirmaries be found? are these held at the sites or available via the pro? also what is the ease of being able to view these and/or gain copies?

        surprised id never found out before
        if mickey's a mouse, and pluto's a dog, whats goofy?

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        • #5
          Originally posted by joelhall View Post
          where can the various records for the local hospitals and infirmaries be found?
          Chris Scott ought to be able to help you, and he was the stalwart who input the Whitechapel Infirmary records mentioned above, and which I used to produce that histogram. I attach my copy of the spreadsheet as a zipped CSV file, which you can import into Excel:

          Infirmary.zip

          The hard work is all Chris Scott's, however - all I did was correct a few spelling errors in street names and some personal names (these were in the original, not introduced by Chris). I've also added another column showing the streets in which the patients lived for easier filtering/searching purposes and to enable more fine-grained data analysis. I'm halfway through adding a "Sex" column, for the same reasons.

          Enjoy - and kudos once again to Mr Scott.
          Kind regards, Sam Flynn

          "Suche Nullen" (Nietzsche, Götzendämmerung, 1888)

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          • #6
            Originally posted by joelhall View Post
            where can the various records for the local hospitals and infirmaries be found? are these held at the sites or available via the pro? also what is the ease of being able to view these and/or gain copies?
            There is a database of hospital records, hosted on the National Archives website:
            The Hospital Records (HOSPREC) Database was the result of a collaborative project between the Wellcome Library and The National Archives to bring together information about the existence and location of the records of UK hospitals. This information includes: the administrative details of the hospitals, and their status or type the location and covering dates of […]


            That should tell you what records survive and where they are held, but it doesn't appear to include workhouse infirmary records. For these, your best bet is probably the National Register of Archives:
            The official archive of the UK government. Our vision is to lead and transform information management, guarantee the survival of today's information for tomorrow and bring history to life for everyone.

            That includes links to online catalogues at Access to Archives:

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            • #7
              thanks sam and chris

              youve both been a massive help

              joel
              if mickey's a mouse, and pluto's a dog, whats goofy?

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              • #8
                sam a few points though...

                on the zip file the dates are missing. will you be adding these or is this a file error?

                plus id love to see a facsimile of the original document. do you have this?
                if mickey's a mouse, and pluto's a dog, whats goofy?

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                • #9
                  Hi Joel
                  In Sam's zip file the date of admission is column A and the date of discharge is column I
                  Let me know if you are interested in a particular date or entry and I will post the original entry
                  Glad it's been of use
                  Chris

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                  • #10
                    As an example below are the entries listed for 20 February 1888
                    Attached Files

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                    • #11
                      Thanks for helping Joel out, Chris.

                      I've produced a new version of the file - this time with added SEX !!! I've also added a "Record Number" in Column A, simply for ease of reference.

                      Unfortunately, it's now just over the limit for posting on Casebook, but you can "Right Click → Save As" on this link to download the spreadsheet.
                      Kind regards, Sam Flynn

                      "Suche Nullen" (Nietzsche, Götzendämmerung, 1888)

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                      • #12
                        well er...

                        all the dates would be handy
                        if mickey's a mouse, and pluto's a dog, whats goofy?

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by joelhall View Post
                          well er...

                          all the dates would be handy
                          You got 'em! See link to spreadsheet above.
                          Kind regards, Sam Flynn

                          "Suche Nullen" (Nietzsche, Götzendämmerung, 1888)

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                          • #14
                            excellent work sam

                            if mickey's a mouse, and pluto's a dog, whats goofy?

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Sam Flynn View Post
                              Hi Roy, You need to add "chancre" and "tabes dorsalis" to your list - these were also venereal diseases.
                              Thanks, Sam.

                              1888 addendum

                              Thomas W Taylor, 23, 36 Flower and Dean Street, Single, Labourer, Chancre, March 3

                              Daniel Shaw, 38, 166 Old Montague Street, Single, Sawyer , Tales Dorsalis, May 13


                              I reason too, that for every case we see in medical records, there were others we don't see. Due to the social stigma attached, some people may have not sought treatment. Or tried to treat it themselves.

                              Roy
                              Sink the Bismark

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