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Whitechapel 1872
[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 28th Dec., 1872.
| Districts. | 0 and under 3. | l 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 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 31 | |
| Spitalfields | 23 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 64 | |
| Mile E. N. Town | 24 | 19 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 32 | 5 | 132 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N. | 21 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 47 | ||
| Whitechapel Ch. | 11 | 16 | 15 | .52 | 65 | 25 | 1 | 185 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 12 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 40 | ||
| Aldgate | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 49 | |
| Totals | 120 | 73 | 33 | 103 | 127 | 83 | 9 | 548 |
From the above Table, it will be seen that the rate of mortality of children under 5
years of age, in relation to the total deaths, is 35.2 per cent. In some of the subDistricts,
however, the rate of mortality is much higher; thus, in the Artillery subDistrict,
it is 54.9 per cent.; in the Goodman's Fields, 42.5 per cent.; in the Spitalfields,
57.5 per cent.; in the Aldgate, 46.9 per cent.; and in the Whitechapel North, it is
61.1 per cent.; while in the Whitechapel Church sub-District, in which the London
Hospital it is situated, it is 14.5 per cent.
TABLE V.—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 28th Dec., 1872.
| Districts. | Births. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||
| Artillery | 30 | 29 | 59 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 28 | 0 | |
| Spitalfields | 61 | 59 | 120 | 38 | 26 | 64 | 56 | 0 | |
| Mile End N. Town | 97 | 68 | 165 | 57 | 75 | 132 | 33 | 0 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N. | 55 | 55 | 110 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 63 | 0 | |
| WhitechplG'hurch | 39 | 33 | 72 | 134 | 51 | 185 | 0 | 113 | London Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 42 | 39 | 81 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 41 | 0 | 86 Non-residents |
| 27 | 27 | 54 | 24 | 25 | 49 | 5 | 0 | died in the London Hospital. | |
| Totals | 351 | 310 | 661 | 307 | 211 | 548 | 226 | 113 | Excess of Births over Deaths deducting the 86 Deaths of non-residents, 199 |
Population in 1871, 76,332. Population in 1861, 78,970.