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Whitechapel 1865

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE V.—Showing the Births, Deaths, Deaths of Non-residents, Deaths in the London Hospital and in the Workhouse, in each Year from 1857 to 1865.

TABLE V.—Showing the Births, Deaths, Deaths of Non-residents, Deaths in the London Hospital and in the Workhouse, in each Year from 1857 to 1865.

Year.Total Births.Total Deaths.Deaths of Non-Residents.Total Deaths in the London Hospital.Total Deaths in the Workhouse.
1857 (53 weeks)28682350147338272
185827122444140325269
185928262321189354239
186027482302163326282
186126862331179366287
186228132551187330369
1863 (53 weeks)27962764181418324
186428032792212453414
186526812532208416362

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The deaths of persons resident in the district which occurred in the London Hospital during tho year
1865 were only 47. The residences of those persons whose death was the result of accident are not given
in the Registrar's returns.

Table: TABLE VI.—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 30th December, 1865.

TABLE VI.—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 30th December, 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.
Artillery673154329Workhouse.
Spitalfields222081269178
Mile E. N. Town342993631417187
Whitechapel, N.181465810162
Whitechapel Ch.1116184142192149Hospital.
Goodman'sFields191367613064
Aldgate9182786151
Totals1191175210910610215620

Table: TABLE VII.—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 30th December, 1865.

TABLE VII.—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 30th December, 1865.

Districts.Births.Total.Deaths.Total.Excess of Births over Deaths.Excess of Deaths over Births.Remarks.
M.F.M.F.
Artillery232043161329140
Spitalfields6856124423678460
Mile End N. Town75671429988187045Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N.5353106342862440
Whitechapl. Church33427510049149074London Hospital.
Goodman's Fields504595283664310
Aldgate3228602526519060 non-residents died in Lon. Hos.
Totals334311645344276620144109Excess of births over deaths, deducting the 68 non-residents - 85

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Population in 1861, 78,970.