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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 April, 1865.

TABLE IV.—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 1st April, 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.
Artillery79211212144
Sipitalfields2025671615392
Mile E.N. Town352382041537187Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N.1227541912069
Whitechapel Ch.2424175045246190Hospital.
Goodman's Fields212097127379
Aldgate2121671210380
Totals140139539615713323741

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

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

Districts.Births.Total.Deaths.Total.Excess of Births oyer Deaths.Excess of Deaths over Births.Remarks.
M.F.M.F.
Artillery25265127174470
Spitalfields6073133494392410
Mile End N. Town110791891018618720Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N7067137373269680
Whitechapl. Church483583126641900107London Hospital.
Goodman's Fields6141102473279230
Aldgate31326343378001765 non.residents died in L. Hos.
Totals405353758430311741141124Excess of births over deaths, deducting the 65 non.residents . 82

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Population in 1861, 78,970.