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Whitechapel 1870

[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 ending2nd April, 1870.

TABLE IV.

Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending

2nd April, 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.
Artillery7211510127
Spitalfields2911591212280
Mile E. N. Town232093043437175Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N1216471312266
Whitechapel Ch.1114184747243164Hospital.
Goodman's Fields10105688350
Aldgate14142786354
Totals106874410713611521616

Table: TABLE V.The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the2nd April, 1870.

TABLE V.

The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the

2nd April, 1870.

Districts.Births.Total.Deaths.Total.Excess of Births over Deaths.Excess of Deaths over Births.Remarks
M.F.M.F.
Artillery333366141327390
Spitalfields7276148324880680
Mile End N.Town84971811017417560Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N.5852110422466440
Whitechpl Church45347910658164085London Hospital.
Goodman's Fields52429427235044087 Non-residents died in the London Hospital.
Aldgate22254727275407
Totals36635972534926761620192Excess of Births over Deaths, deducting the 87 non-residents, 196

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Estimated Population in 1869, 76,000.