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**Roy Corduroy** · 06-28-2008, 01:49 AM

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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

**Sam Flynn** · 06-28-2008, 02:15 AM

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:

...think of it as a "clap-ometer".

**joelhall** · 06-28-2008, 03:57 AM

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

**Sam Flynn** · 06-28-2008, 04:07 PM

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.

**Chris** · 06-28-2008, 04:33 PM

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:

Hospital Records (HOSPREC) Database - The National Archives

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/

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:

Discovery | The National Archives

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/

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.

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**joelhall** · 06-28-2008, 05:48 PM

thanks sam and chris

youve both been a massive help

joel

**joelhall** · 06-28-2008, 05:54 PM

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?

**Chris Scott** · 06-28-2008, 06:29 PM

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

**Chris Scott** · 06-28-2008, 06:35 PM

As an example below are the entries listed for 20 February 1888

Attached Files

**Sam Flynn** · 06-28-2008, 07:17 PM

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.

**joelhall** · 06-28-2008, 07:21 PM

well er...

all the dates would be handy

**Sam Flynn** · 06-28-2008, 07:23 PM

Originally posted by joelhall View Post

well er...

all the dates would be handy

You got 'em! See link to spreadsheet above.

**joelhall** · 06-28-2008, 07:42 PM

excellent work sam

**Roy Corduroy** · 06-29-2008, 10:54 PM

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

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