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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 1863
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE IV.—Ages at Death in eaeh Registration District, for the Three Months ending 27th June, 1863.
| Districts. | 0 and under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 80 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards. | Total. | Remaks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 10 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 53 | |
| Spitaltields | 23 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 94 | |
| Mile End N. Town | 41 | 78 | 16 | 25 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 154 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N | 16 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 80 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 3 | 19 | 16 | 28 | 45 | 20 | 3 | 134 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 18 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 61 | |
| Aldgate | 19 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 60 | |
| Totals | 130 | 148 | 70 | 90 | 115 | 71 | 15 | 639 |
TABLE V.—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 27th June, 1863.
| Districts. | Births. | Total. | Deaths | Total | Excess of Births over Deaths | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F | ||||||
| Artillery | 31 | 30 | 61 | 29 | 24 | 53 | 8 | — | |
| Spitalfields | 61 | 55 | 116 | 39 | 55 | 94 | 22 | — | |
| Mile End New Town | 82 | 94 | 176 | 76 | 78 | 154 | 22 | — | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N | 61 | 60 | 121 | 38 | 42 | 80 | 41 | — | |
| Whitechapel Church | 35 | 28 | 63 | 89 | 45 | 134 | — | 71 | London Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 43 | 50 | 98 | 28 | 36 | 64 | 34 | — | |
| Aldgate | 37 | 28 | 65 | 28 | 32 | 60 | 5 | ||
| 40 Non - residents died in Lon. Hos. | |||||||||
| Totals | 355 | 345 | 700 | 327 | 212 | 639 | 132 | 71 | Excess of births over deaths, deducting the 40 non-residents 101 |
Population in 1861, 78,970. In 1801 the population was 79,759. which number included 979 persons being on
board ship in the River and in the Docks, while in 1861 the number living on board ship was only 261 the population
therefore in 1861 living in houses within the district was only 74 less than it was in 1851.