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Whitechapel 1887

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: Table E.—Correct District Mortality Table.(Residents' Deaths wherever registered being correctly referred to their proper Sub-Districts).

Table E.—Correct District Mortality Table.

(Residents' Deaths wherever registered being correctly referred to their proper Sub-Districts).

Spital-fields.Mile End New TownWhite-chapel Church.Goodmans Fields.Aldgate.Total.
First Quarter.182651154233437
Second ,,Il658953433336
Third ,,14798873726395
Fourth ,,16665log4153434
Total6ll2864061541451602
820 Males.782 Fem'l's

Table: Table F.—Showing the Ages at Death of the District Residents.

Table F.—Showing the Ages at Death of the District Residents.

1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total.
Under the age of 1 yr.10789145101442
Between 1 and 575577176279
„ 5 ,, 201913162169
,, 20 ,,4057424869216
,, 4o „ 6095805982316
„ 60 ,,8073454976243
Over the age of 8011107937
Total4373363954341602

Table: Table G.—Deaths at over 80 years of age, distributed to the Sub-Districts where they belonged.

Table G.—Deaths at over 80 years of age, distributed to the Sub-Districts where they belonged.

Spitalfields.Mile End New Town.Whitechapel Church.Goodman's Fields.Aldgate.Total.
Males5243...14
Females9662...23
Total148105...37

Table: Total Births and Deaths in London, and other particulars for Comparison.

Total Births and Deaths in London, and other particulars for Comparison.

Number of Births in London during the year133.072
,, Deaths ,, ,,82,181
,, ,, under 1 year of age 21,015135,157
„ between the ages of 1 and 5 14,142