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Whitechapel 1871

[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 July, 1871

Districts0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6 060 and under 8080 and upwardsTotalRemarks
Artillery556242125Workhouse
Spitalfields1815410611064
Mile E N Town292842232337155
Whitechapel, N171525710157Hospital
Whitechapel Ch812175149193159
Goodman's Fields91826104150
Aldgate13934135047
Totals99102381001218413557

TABLE V

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

DistrictsBirthsTotalDeathsTotalExcess of Births over DeathsExcess of Deaths over BirthsRemarks
MFMFWorkhouse
Artillery212243141125180
Spitalfields5756113323264490
Mile EndN Town7376149847115506
Whitechapel, N493988233457310London Hospital
WhitechplChurch182442113461500117
Goodman's Fields39519027235040082 Non-residents died in the London Hospital
Aldgate23214420274703
Totals280289569313244557138126Excess of Births over Deaths, deducting the 82 non-residents, 94
Population in 1871, 76,332