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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 1871
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE II.
Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months on ding 30th Sept., 1871.
| Districts. | 0 and under 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 19 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 33 | Workhouse. |
| Spitalfields | 40 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 89 | |
| Mile E. N. Town | 34 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 20 | 6 | 127 | |
| Whitechapel, N | 27 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 60 | |
| Whitechapel Ch | 20 | 15 | 19 | 40 | 47 | 20 | 1 | 162 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 28 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 55 | |
| 16 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 48 | ||
| 184 | 91 | 35 | 84 | 102 | 64 | 14 | 574 |
It appears, on perusal of the above Table, that the rate of mortality of children under 5 years of
age, in relation to the total deaths in the entire District is 47.9 per cent. It varies, however, in
the several sub-districts. Thus, in the Artillery sub-district it is 69.6 percent.; in the Whitechapel
North, it is 66.6 per cent.; in the Goodman's Fields it is 74.5 percent.; and in the
Spitalfields it is 65.1 percent.
TABLE III.
The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 30th Sept, 1871.
| Districts. | Births. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||
| 27. | 19 | 46 | 15. | 18 | 33 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Spitalfields | 63 | 50 | 113 | 48. | 41 | 89 | 24 | 0 | |
| MileEndN.Town | 73 | 71 | 144 | 72 | 55 | 127 | 17 | 0 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N. | 54 | 40 | 94 | 23 | 37 | 60 | 34 | 0 | |
| WliitechplChurch | 31 | 41 | 72 | 99 | 63 | 162 | 0 | 90 | London Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 38 | 56 | 94 | 34. | 21 | 55 | 30 | 0 | |
| Aldgate | 18 | 21 | 39 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 0 | 9 | died in the London Hospital. |
| Totals | 304 | 208 | 602 | 312 | 262 | 574 | 127 | 99 | Excess of Births over Deaths, deducting the 80 non-residents, 108 |
Population in 1871, 76,332. Population in 1861, 78,970.