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Whitechapel 1864

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE VI.—Ages at Death in eac h Registration District, for the Three Months, ending 2nd January, 1864 (14 weeks).

TABLE VI.—Ages at Death in eac h Registration District, for the Three Months, ending 2nd January, 1864 (14 weeks).

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.Population in 1861.
Artillery664354028
Spitalfields30385813151110
Mile End New Town4223122833286172
Whitechapel, North2720106111118678970
Whitechapel Church Goodman's Fields621214044200152
1228101476279
Aldgate131161197158
Totals136147681101229111685

Table: TABLE VII.—Showing the Mortality in the Workhouse and Hospitals in the District during 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862 and 1863.

TABLE VII.—Showing the Mortality in the Workhouse and Hospitals in the District during 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862 and 1863.

Union Workhouse.London Hospital.Military Hospital.
1856353185629718560
1857272185733818572
1858269185832518585
1859239185935418593
1860282186032618602
1861287186136618610
1862369186233018622
1863324186341818632

Table: TABLE VIII.—Showing the total Mortality in the Whitechapel District, without deduction for non-residents, in the undermentioned years.

TABLE VIII.—Showing the total Mortality in the Whitechapel District, without deduction for non-residents, in the undermentioned years.

Years1848184918501851185218531854185518561857 53 wks.185818591860186118621863 53 wks.
Mortality2648277820612377228624442878245322372360244423212302233125512764

Table: TABLE IX.—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Year ending 2nd January, 1864 (53 weeks).

TABLE IX.—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Year ending 2nd January, 1864 (53 weeks).

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.Population in 1861.Mortality percent. under 5.
Artillery425318161914216465571.44
Spitalfields102147444247384424157001.58
Mile End New Town1531625310913711524693153922.04
Whitechapel, North79116402242356340121221.60
Whitechapel Church338967141179771159780621.51
Goodman's Fields6583303034228272111661.32
Aldgate616837393235227499711.49
Totals535718289399490336572764789701.58
For the Year 1862498620182389462350502551

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The births during the year were 2,796. This number gives an annual birth rate of 35.4 per 1,000 of the population.
The deaths, including all those in the London Hospital (418), were 2,764. This number gives an annual death rate of
35.0 per 1,000. By deducting the deaths of the non-residents (181) the proportion of deaths per 1,000 is reduced to 32.4;
and by deducting the total deaths in the London Hospital, which it is requisite to do if we compare the mortality in
this district with that in others, the rate of mortality is still further reduced to 29.5 The deaths under 5 years of age
were 1,253. This number is at the rate of 44.8 per cent. of the total births, and 45.7 per cent. of the total deaths.
As the above calculations are made upon the mortality of 53 weeks, the rate of mortality for this district may be
estimated at 34.1 instead of 35.0 per 1000. In the City of London 39 per cent. of the total mortality is of children
under 5 years of age. In London the proportion of the deaths of children under 5 years of age to the total mortality is
44 per cent.