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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 30th Dec,, 1871.

TABLE IV.

Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 30th Dec,, 1871.

Districts.0 and under 1.and under5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and upwards.Total.Remarks.
Artillery642438229
Spitalfields2113913917183
Mile E. N. Town2820112328406159Workhouse.
Whiteehapel, N1921121018374
Whitechapel Ch1713186852235196Hospital.
Goodman's Fields241274108469
Aldgate121551088159
Total127985312712012222669

Table: TABLE V.The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 30th Dec., 1871.

TABLE V.

The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 30th Dec., 1871.

Districts.Births.Total.Deaths.Total.Excess of Births over Deaths.Excess of Deaths over Births.Remarks
M.F.M.F.
Artillery312960121729310
Spitalfields6464128384583450
Mile End N.Town7977156847515903Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N.495099363874250
Whitechpl Church373269125711960127London Hospital.
Goodman's Fields40418141286912095 Non-residents died in the London Hospital.
Aldgate31296024355910
Totals331322653360309669114130Excess of Births over Deaths, deducting the 95 non-residents, 79

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Population in 1871, 76,332. Population in 1861, 78,970.