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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 ending 31st December, 1870.

TABLE IV.

Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 31st December, 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.
Artillery875294136
Spitalfields14321461410191
Mile E. N. Town3628102033323171Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N161018106152
Whitechapel Ch1111266955222196Hospital.
Goodman's Fields19741911051
Aldgate14188585058
Totals11811368120138908655

Table: TABLE V.Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital for the Quarter ending 31st December, 1870.

TABLE V.

Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital for the Quarter ending 31st December, 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.TotalCorresponding Quarter of 1869
Males,39
Females,37
Workhouse9021321287675
London Hospital17226045200Males,97120
Females,58
155