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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 IV.— Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 2nd July, 1864.
| 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 upw.irds | Total | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | |
| Spitalfields | 18 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 72 | |
| Mile E. N. Town. | 38 | 31 | 6 | 30 | 43 | 47 | 8 | 193 | Workhouse |
| Whitechapel, N | 29 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 89 | |
| Whitechapel Ch. | 8 | 17 | 17 | 31 | 36 | 20 | 2 | 131 | Hospital |
| Goodman's Fields | 19 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 70 | |
| Aldgate | 15 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 54 | |
| Totals | 130 | 152 | 39 | 92 | 122 | 96 | 10 | 631 |
| Districts. | Births. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||
| Artillery | 29 | 38 | 57 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 35 * | 0 | |
| Spitalfields | 75 | 62 | 137 | 43. | 29 | 72 | 65 | 0 | |
| Mile End N. Town. | 98 | 89 | 187 | 101 | 92 | 193 | 0 | 6 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N | 52 | 51 | 103 | 45 | 44 | 89 | 14 | 0 | |
| Whitechap]. Church | 36 | 42 | 78 | 77 | 54 | 131 | 0 | 53 | London Hospital |
| Goodman's Fields | 60 | 41 | 101 | 34 | 36 | 70 | 31 | 0 | |
| Aldgate | 26 | 40 | 66 | 30 | 24 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 46 non-residents died in L. Hos. |
| Totals | 376 | 353 | 729 | 311 | 290 | 631 | 157 | 59 | Excess of births over deaths, deducting the 46 non-residents 144 |
| Population in 1861, 78,970. | |||||||||