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Whitechapel 1873

[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 29th March, 1873.

TABLE IV.— Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 29th March, 1873.

Districts.0 and under 3.1 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 6060 and under 80.80 and upwards.Total.Remarks.
530255020Workhouse.
Spitalfields22184101914289
Mile E. N. Town261622732589170
Whitechapel, N1414271310464
Whitechapel Ch916285056271187Hospital.
Goodman's Fields10546106344
Aldgate845111411154
Totals94764511314913120628

Table: TABLE V.— The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 28th March, 1873.

TABLE V.— The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 28th March, 1873.

Districts.Births.Total.Deaths.Total.Excess of Births over Deaths.Excess of Deaths over Births.Remarks
M.F.M.F.Workhouse.
34255911920390
Spitalfields7363136385189470
Mile End N. Town98831818882170110
Whitechapel, N.5652108273764440
Whitechpl Church454287119681870100London Hospital.
Goodman's Fields43.4588242044440
Aldgate27"34612826547093 Non-residents died in the London Hospital.
376344720335293628192100Excess of Births over Deaths deducting the 93 Deaths of non-residents, 185

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