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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 1869
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE IV.
Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 3rd July, 1869.
| 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 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 24 | ||
| Spitalfields | 22 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 81 | |
| Mile E. N. Town | 31 | 31 | 4 | 23 | 39 | 37 | 4 | 169 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N. | 25 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 74 | ||
| Whitechapel Ch. | 10 | 15 | 8 | 46 | 47 | 17 | 2 | 145 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 8 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 50 | |
| 18 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 61 | ||
| 121 | 127 | 32 | 96 | 136 | 85 | 10 | 607 |
It appears, on the perusal of the above Table, that the rate of mortality of children under 5
years of age, in relation to the total deaths, varies in the several sub-districts. Thus, in the
Artillery sub-district it is 50.0 per cent.; in the Spitalfields it is 62.9 per cent ; in the Whitechapel
North it is 56.4 per cent.; in the Aldgate, 54.0 per cent ; while in the entire District it is
40.8 per cent.
TABLE V.
Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital ior the Quarter ending 3rd July, 1869.
| 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 Males, 40. Females, 35. | Corresponding Quarter of 1868. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 75 | 93 | |
| London Hospital. | 0 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 45 | 13 | 0 | Males, 86. Females, 27. 113 | 117 |