Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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
Districts | 0 and under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 6 0 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards | Total | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artillery | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 25 | Workhouse |
Spitalfields | 18 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 64 | |
Mile E N Town | 29 | 28 | 4 | 22 | 32 | 33 | 7 | 155 | |
Whitechapel, N | 17 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 57 | Hospital |
Whitechapel Ch | 8 | 12 | 17 | 51 | 49 | 19 | 3 | 159 | |
Goodman's Fields | 9 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 50 | |
Aldgate | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 47 | |
Totals | 99 | 102 | 38 | 100 | 121 | 84 | 13 | 557 |
TABLE V
The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 1st July, 1871
Districts | Births | Total | Deaths | Total | Excess of Births over Deaths | Excess of Deaths over Births | Remarks | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | F | M | F | Workhouse | |||||
Artillery | 21 | 22 | 43 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 18 | 0 | |
Spitalfields | 57 | 56 | 113 | 32 | 32 | 64 | 49 | 0 | |
Mile EndN Town | 73 | 76 | 149 | 84 | 71 | 155 | 0 | 6 | |
Whitechapel, N | 49 | 39 | 88 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 31 | 0 | London Hospital |
WhitechplChurch | 18 | 24 | 42 | 113 | 46 | 150 | 0 | 117 | |
Goodman's Fields | 39 | 51 | 90 | 27 | 23 | 50 | 40 | 0 | 82 Non-residents died in the London Hospital |
Aldgate | 23 | 21 | 44 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 0 | 3 | |
Totals | 280 | 289 | 569 | 313 | 244 | 557 | 138 | 126 | Excess of Births over Deaths, deducting the 82 non-residents, 94 |
Population in 1871, 76,332 |