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Whitechapel 1864

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE VI.—Vaccination Extension Act—Whitechapel Union—for the Year ending September 29 The, 1864.

TABLE VI.—Vaccination Extension Act—Whitechapel Union—for the Year ending September 29 The, 1864.

Names of the whole of the Public Vaccinators of the Union.Vaccination Districts.Number and Ages of Persons Vaccinated by the Public Vaccinators.Number of such cases successfully Vaccinated.Number of Rgistered Births of all classes during the year, including the Workhouse and the whole of the Parishes in the Union.
Under One Year.Above One Year.Total.Under One Year.Above One Year.Total.
Thomas. S. BlackwellChristchurch11441181144118534
James EdmundsOld Artillery Ground96481449648144228
Alex. M. ChampneysMile End New Town1231013312310133677
Edward RichardsonWhitechapel North2772730427727304413
C. T. BlackmailWhitechapel Church2812330428123304322
J. S. SequeiraGoodman's Fields3113234331132343427
John WellsAldgate2632926329265
Totals12881471375122814713752876
For the year ended September 29th,186119562432199193323521682717
Ditto ditto186216901661856167116418352757
Ditto ditto18631913356354761912356154732788

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The disproportion in the number of births in the Artillery and Aldgate Districts in relation to the population in each, is very striking. In the former, the population is 6557,
and the births are 228. In the latter, the population is 9971, and the births are only 265.