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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 1865

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE IV.—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 1st July, 1865.

TABLE IV.—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 1st July, 1865.

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.
Artillery724524125
Sipitalfields211927156272
Mile E.N. Town483152139295170Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N.18204996066
Whitechapel Ch.129263434153133Hospital.
Goodman's Fields1511261211057
Aldgate192161055369
Totals13211349921167614592

Table: TABLE V.—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 1st July, 1865.

TABLE V.—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 1st July, 1865.

Districts.Births.Total.Deaths.Total.Excess of Births over Deaths.Excess of Deaths over Births.Remarks.
M.F.M.F.
Artillery372158111425330
Spitalfields6354117432972450
Mile End N. Town69791489179170022Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N.6163124333366580
Whitechapl. Church3829678053133066London Hospital.
Goodman's Fields464591312657340
Aldgate19254442276902544 non-residents died in Lon. Hos.
Totals333316649331261592170113Excess of births over deaths, deducting the 44 non-residents - 101

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Population in 1861, 78,970.