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Whitechapel 1873
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Mouths ending 27th Sept, 1873.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 40 | |
| Spitalfield | 39 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 80 | |
| Mile E. N. Town | 35 | 22 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 115 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N | 29 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 56 | |
| Whitechapel Ch | 14 | 14 | 19 | 56 | 43 | 28 | 1 | 175 | Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 58 | |
| Aldgate | 15 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 49 | |
| Totals | 182 | 87 | 39 | 88 | 100 | 68 | 9 | 573 |
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 46.9 per cent. It varies, however, in
the several sub-districts. Thus in the Artillery sub-district it is 62 5 per cent; in the Whitechapel
North it is 67.8 per cent.; in the Goodman's Fields it is 72.4 per cent.; in the Spitalfields
it is 68.7 per cent.; in the Aldgate it is 48.9 per cent. while in the districts of Mile End New
Town and of Whitechapel Church, the rate is respectively 48.8 and 16.0 per cent.; the former
district contains the Workhouse, and the latter the London Hospital.
TABLE III.
The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 27th Sept., 1873.
| Districts. | Births. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. 39 | F. 24 | 63 | M. 23 | F. 17 | 40 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Spitalfields | 65 | 52 | 117 | 49 | 31 | 80 | 37 | 0 | |
| Mile End N. Town | 61 | 81 | 142 | 67 | 48 | 115 | 27 | 0 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N. | 57 | 51 | 108 | 25 | 31 | 56 | 52 | 0 | |
| WhitechplChurch | 35 | 30 | 65 | 112 | 63 | 175 | 0 | 110 | London Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 39 | 36 | 75 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 17 | 0 | 90 Non-residents died in the London Hospital. |
| Aldgate | 29 | 34 | 63 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 14 | 0 | |
| Totals | 325 | 308 | 633 | 332 | 241 | 573 | 170 | 110 | Excess of Births over Deaths, deducting the 90 Deaths of non-residents, 150. |
Population in 1871, 76,332. Population in 1861, 78,970.