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Whitechapel 1870
[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 1st January, 1870.
| 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 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 34 | |
| Spitalfields | 28 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 91 | |
| Mile E. N. Town | 35 | 50 | 11 | 24 | 28 | 31 | 8 | 190 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N | 7 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 67 | |
| Whitechapel Ch | 13 | 9 | 17 | 43 | 41 | 18 | 4 | 163 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 8 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 49 | |
| Aldgate | 19 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 63 | |
| Totals | 121 | 150 | 44 | 104 | 108 | 82 | 18 | 657 |
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 61.7 per cent.; in the Spitalfields it is 62.5 per cent; in the Whitechapel
North it is 40.3 per cent.; in the Goodman's Fields it is 46.9 per cent.; in the Aldgate,
it is 57.1 per cent; while in the entire District it is 41.2 per cent. In the Whitechapel District
the proportion of deaths of infants under 1 year is about one-fifth of the total mortality; in
London and other large towns the proportion of these premature deaths is about one-fourth.
TABLE V.
Showing the Ages at Death iu the Workhouse, aud in the London Hospital for the Quarter
ending 1st January, 1870.
| 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, 41. Females, 34. | Corresponding Quarter of 1868. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workhouse | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 24 | 5 | 75 | 103 |
| London Hospital | 0 | 8 | 14 | 47 | 41 | 12 | 4 | Males, 81. Females, 45. 126 | 132 |