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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 1874

[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 4th July, 1874.

TABLE IV.—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 4th July, 1874.

Districts.0 and under 3.1 and under 5.5 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and upwards.Total.Remarks.
Artillery653305123
Spitalfields1212149136066
Mile E. N. Town262582932359164Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N.201217105257
Whitechapel Ch.815204463313184Hospital.
Goodman'sFields121412385054
Aldgate8164476146
Totals929962991339316594

Table: TABLE V.—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months Ending 4th July, 1874.

TABLE V.—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months Ending 4th July, 1874.

Districts.Births.Total.Deaths.Total.Excess of Births over Deaths.Excessof Deaths over Births.Remarks.
MFMF
Artillery29295815823350
Spitalfields8161142353166760
Mile E. N. Town8482166937116420Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N .7062132332457750
Whitechapel Ch.54328612757184098London Hospital.
Goodman'sFields503585302454310
Aldgate332558262046120105 Non residents died in the London Hospital.
Totals401-326727359-23559423198Excess of Births over Deaths, deducting the 105 Deaths of non-residents, 238.

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Population in 1861, 78,970. Population in 1871, 76,573. Decrease in Population
between the Censuses of 1861 and 1871, 2,397.