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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 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 July, 1870.

TABLE IV.

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

2nd July, 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.
Artllery1261522028
Spitalfields19747119360
Mile E. N. Town272171825407145Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N1830788044
Whitechapel Ch1814237146221195Hospital.
Goodman's Fields211132103050
Aldgate1412613153063
Totals12974441231178711585

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

TABLE V.

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

2nd July, 1870.

Districts.Births.Total.Deaths.Total.Excess of Births over Deaths.Excess of Deaths over Births.Remarks
M.F.M.F.
Artillery28315913..1528310
Spitalfields516411530..3060550
Mile End N. Town827615884..61145130Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N.695011923..2144750
WhiteciiplChurch373269126..691950126London Hospital.
Goodman's Fields514394149650440
Aldgate23275036..276301381 Non-residents died in the London Hospital.
Totals341323664336249585218139Excess of Births over Deaths( deducting the 81 non-residents, 160
Population in 1861, 78,970. Estimated Population in 1870, 76,000.