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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 Thres Months ending 1st October, 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 upwards | Total | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 27 | ||
| Spitalfields | 43 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 121 | ||
| Mile E. N. Town. | 41 | 7 | 28 | 41 | 44 | 2 | 202 | Workhouse | |
| Whitechapel, N | 36 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 98 | ||
| Whitechapel Ch. | 12 | 27 | 25 | 36 | 52 | 22 | 175 | Hospital | |
| Goodman's Fields | 21 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 67 | ||
| Aldgate | 20 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 50 | ||
| Totals | 178 | 171 | 60 | 104 | 128 | 87 | 12 | 740 |
TABLE V.—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 1st October, 1864.
| Districts. | Births. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||
| Artillery | 29 | 26 | 55 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 28 | 0 | |
| Spitalfields | 85 | 49 | 134 | 65 | 56 | 121 | 13 | 0 | |
| Mile End N. Town. | 77 | 59 | 136 | 99 | 103 | 202 | 0 | 66 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N | 39 | 48 | 87 | 48 | 50 | 98 | 0 | 11 | |
| Whitechapl. Church | 45 | 23 | 68 | 128 | 47 | 175 | 0 | 107 | London Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 58 | 47 | 105 | 30 | 37 | 67 | 38 | 0 | |
| Aldgate | 34 | 29 | 63 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 13 | 0 | 60 non-residents died in L. Hos. |
| Totals | 367 | 281 | 648 | 405 | 335 | 740 | 92 | 184 | Excess of deaths over irths, do-ducting the 60 non-residents, 32 |
Population in 1861, 78,970. In 1851 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
264, the population therefore in 1861 living in houses within the district was only 71 less than it was in 1851.