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Whitechapel 1871

[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 1st April, 1871.

TABLE IV.

Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 1st April, 1871.

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.
Artillery754449134Workhouse.
Spitalfields2825412512187
Mile E. N. Town3630182628345177
Whitechapel, N191169128368
Whitechapel Ch1314176341220173Hospital.
Goodman's Fields211669138174
Aldgate11185695052
Totals135117601291159811665

Table: TABLE V.The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 1st April, 1871.

TABLE V.

The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 1st April, 1871.

Districts.Births.Total.Deaths.Total.Excess of Births over Deaths.Excess of Deaths over Births.Remarks
ArtilleryM.F.M.F.Workhouse.
26295511734210
Spitalfields8271153474087660
Mile End N. Town9278170888917707
Whitechapel, N.5565120323668520
WhitechplChurch43357811558173095London Hospital.
Goodman's Fields4760107413374.33082 Non-residents died in the London Hospital.
Aldgate372764232952120
Totals382365747363302665184104Excess of Births over Deaths, deducting the 82 non-residents, 164

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Population in 1861, 78,970. Estimated Population in 1870, 76,000.