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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 1864

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE IV.—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 2nd January, 1864 (14 weeks).

TABLE IV.—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 2nd January, 1864 (14 weeks).

Districts.Births.Total.Deaths.Total.Excess of Births over Deaths.Excess of Deaths over Births.Remarks.
M.F.M.F.
Artillery30306016122832..
Spitalfields8659145515911035..
Mile End New Town878016710369172..5Workhouse.
Whitechapel, North535110452348618..
Whitechapel Church5034849062152..68London Hospital.
Goodman's Fields48489642377917..
Aldgate39347338205815..
54 non-residents died in London Hospital.
Totals39333672939229368511773Excess of births over deaths, deducting the 54 non-residents . . 98

Table: TABLE V.—Showing the Births and Deaths in each District, for the Year ending on the 2nd January, 1864 (53 weeks).

TABLE V.—Showing the Births and Deaths in each District, for the Year ending on the 2nd January, 1864 (53 weeks).

BIRTHS.DEATHS.
Districts.April.July.October.December.Total,April.July.October.December.Total.Excess of Births over Deaths.Excess of Deaths over Births.
Artillery746148602434353402816479
Spitalfields125116116145502125949511042498
Mile End New Town178176146167667203154164172693..26
Whitechapel, North107121109104441103807186340101
Whitechapel Church80637384300148134163152597..297
Goodman's Fields8598979637661646879272104
Aldgate7465557326778607858274..7
Totals72370064472927967616396796852764382330 Excess of births over deaths deducting 181 non- residents 213