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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 1872
[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 ending 28th Sept, 1872.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4, | 1 | 36 | ||
| Spitalfields | 35 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 81 | |
| Mile E. N. Town | 49 | 29 | 2 | 18 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 155 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N | 32 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 73 | |
| Whitechapel Ch | 18 | 19 | 23 | 62 | 63 | 27 | 5 | 217 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 31 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 60 | |
| A1 dgate | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 48 | |
| Total | 197 | 107 | 41 | 107 | 118 | 80 | 20 | 670 |
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 45.3 per cent. It varies, however, in
the several sub-districts. Thus, in the Artillery sub-district it is 55.5 per cent. ; in the Whitechapel
North, it is 58.8 per cent. ; in the Goodman's Fields it is 78.3 per cent. ; and in the
Spitalfields it is 70.3 per cent.
Population in 1871, 76,332. Population in 1861, 78,970.
TABLE III.
The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 28th Sept., 1872.
| Districts. | Births. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M | F. | Workhouse. | |||||
| 27 | 29 | 56 | 24 | 12 | 36 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Spitalfields | 52 | 49 | 101 | 41 | 40 | 81 | 20 | 0 | |
| MileEndN.Towr | 80 | 84 | 164 | 89 | 66 | 155 | 9 | 0 | |
| Whitechapel, N. | 58 | 54 | 112 | 34 | 39 | 73 | 39 | 0 | London Hospital. |
| WhitechplChurcl | 35 | 35 | 70 | 149 | 68 | 217 | 0 | 147 | |
| Goodman's Field | 42 | 44 | 86 | 35 | 25 | 60 | 26 | 0 | 100 Non-residents died in the London Hospital. |
| Aldgate | 31 | 20 | 51 | 25 | 23 | 48 | 3 | 0 | |
| Totals | 325 | 315 | 640 | 397 | 273 | 670 | 117 | 147 | Excess of Births over Deaths deducting the 100 Deaths of non-residents, 70 |