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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TABLE IV.—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 26th September, 1863.
Districts. | 0 and under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards. | Total. | Remarks. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artillery | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40 | |
Spitalfields | 23 | 42 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 95 | |
Mile End N. Town | 35 | 31 | 13 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 7 | 164 | Workhouse. |
Whitechapel, N | 13 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 71 | |
WhitechapelChurch | 16 | 32 | 14 | 37 | 42 | 39 | 3 | 163 | Hospital. |
Goodman's Fields | 21 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 68 | |
Aldgate | 15 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 78 | |
Totals | 138 | 186 | 73 | 90 | 103 | 76 | 13 | 679 |
TABLE V.—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 26th September, 1863.
Districts. | Births. | Total. | Deaths | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||
Artillery | 26 | 22 | 48 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 8 | — | |
Spitalfields | 61 | 55 | 116 | 42 | 53 | 95 | 21 | — | |
Mile End New Town | 61 | 85 | 146 | 81 | 83 | 164 | 2 | — | Workhouse. |
Whitechapel, N. | 59 | 50 | 109 | 39 | 32 | 71 | 38 | — | |
Whitechapel Church | 33 | 40 | 73 | 114 | 43 | 163 | — | 90 | London Hospital. |
Goodman's Fields | 53 | 44 | 97 | 37 | 31 | 68 | 29 | — | |
Aldgate | 27 | 28 | 55 | 39 | 39 | 78 | — | 53 | 42 Non-residents died in Lon. Hos. |
Totals | 320 | 324 | 644 | 370 | 309 | 679 | 99 | 113 | Excess of births over deaths, deducting the 42 non-residents 7 |
Population in 1861, 78,970;