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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 2nd October, 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 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 42 | |
| Spitalfields | 32 | 47 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 123 | |
| Mile E. N. Town | 29 | 44 | 6 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 162 | Workhouse |
| "Whitechapel, N. | 17 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 57 | |
| Whitechapel Ch. | 10 | 19 | 19 | 40 | 44 | 22 | 0 | 154 | Hospital |
| Goodman's Fields | 30 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 77 | |
| Aldgate | 20 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 75 | |
| Totals | 152 | 188 | 60 | 100 | 109 | 71 | 10 | 690 |
TABLE V.—The Births and Deaths in each Registratio District, for the Three Months ending on the 2nd October, 1869.
| Districts. | Births. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||
| Artillery | 23 | 25 | 48 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 6 | 0 | |
| Spitalfields | 69 | 64 | 133 | 56 | 67 | 123 | 10 | 0 | |
| Mile End N. Town. | 64 | 71 | 135 | 73 | 89 | 162 | 0 | 27 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N. | 43 | 58 | 101 | 21 | 36 | 57 | 44 | 0 | |
| Whitechapl. Church | 37 | 24 | 61 | 92 | 62 | 154 | 0 | 93 | London Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields . | 43 | 42 | 85 | 38 | 39 | 77 | 8 | 0 | |
| Aldgate | 28 | 28 | 56 | 43 | 32 | 75 | 0 | 19 | 75 non-residents died in L. Hos. |
| Totals | 307 | 312 | 619 | 343 | 47 | 690 | 68 | 139 | Excess of deaths over births, deducting the 75 non-residents 4 |
| Estimated Population in 1869, 76,000. | |||||||||