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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 1873

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: Whitechapel Board of Works District-

Whitechapel Board of Works District-

Area in Statute Acres.1861.1871.1871.
Inhabited Houses.Population.Inhabited Houses.Population.Number of rated Householders.Rateable Annual Value of Property.
Whitechapel, part of1704395376564061348213620£ 136387
Christchurch, Spitalds.73206320593196620783154764689
St. BotolphWitht. Aid.334704000443381236445770
Holy Trinity, Minories44542034417458094
Prect. of St. Katharine15920311241617778
Hamlet Mile End N. T.42117810845129611110127822174
Lib. of Norton Folgate9227187319215501919177
Old Artillery Ground5192216818621671576395
District of the Tower27851207751329434561
3783664789708264765207251315025
Wards of Whitechapel Parish.
1 East Ward72166212322158612205146648640
2 Middle Ward39112310032968881085137797
•3 South Ward59165015302150713806130349950
1704395376564061348213620136387

Table: Acreace of Land and Water.

Acreace of Land and Water.

Land.Water.TidalTotal
Water.Water.
Botolph Without Aldgate33-88
Katharine by the Tower, Precinct96713
Old Tower Without & Tower of London Precinct27—1212

Table: Area, Population, and Date of Formation of the Ecclesiastical Districts.

Area, Population, and Date of Formation of the Ecclesiastical Districts.

Area in Acres.Population. 1871.Dale of Formation.
St. Mary, Whitechapel9014767-
St. Jude, Commercial Street2162731848
St. Mark, Tenter Ground4799921841
*St. Paul, Dock Street Part of7785051864
†Christchurch, Spitalfields5316383—
St. Stephen, Commercial Street Part of2848361858
All Saints, Mile End New Town4211001841
‡St. Mary, Spital Square1440171842

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* The ecclesiastical District of St. Paul, Dock Street, comprises part of the Parish of St. Botolph
"Without Aldgate, and parts of the mother Parishes of "Wapping and Whitechapel.
+ The ecclesiastical district of St. Stephen, Commercial Street, comprises parts of the mother Parishes
of Bethnal Green, Shoreditch, and Spitalfields. The parts situate in Bethnal Green and Shoreditch
were attached by Supplementary Order in Council 5th February, 1864.
‡The ecclesiastical district of St. Mary, Spital Square, comprises Norton Folgate Liberty, and Old
Artillery Ground Libeity. The area in acres of each respectively is 9 and 5.