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Whitechapel 1893

The annual report on the sanitary condition of the Whitechapel District, (with vital and other statistics), for the year 1893 (consisting of 52 weeks) being the tenth annual report

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T able XII.—Increase or Decrease of Population, 1881-91, compared with Excess of Births over Deaths; Aggregate Number of Marriages, Births and Deaths, registered in each Registration District during the Ten Years 1881-90.

Registration Division and Districts.Population.Registered in the Ten Years 1881-90.Excess of Registered Births over Deaths, 1881-90.Increase or Decrease of Population between the Censuses of i83i and 1891.
1881.1891.Marriag'sBirths.Deaths.Increase.Decrease
London3 815,5444.211,743351.0421329172815,184513,988396,199
Shoreditch126,591124,00910,03848,19530,22617,9692,582
Bethnal Green126,961129,13224,39251,31229,08322,2292,171
Whitechapel71,36374,4624,60725,60722,60530023,099
St. George-in-the-E.47,15745,7952,94618,73312,0456,688-1,362
Stepney58,54357,3764,36321,14213,4137,7291,167
Mile End Old Town105,613107,59210,95440,81921,66019,1591,979
Poplar156,510166,74810,94861,83636,44725,38910,238-

T able 8.—Inmates of Barracks, Workhouses and Hospitals, in Registration Districts and

Sub-Districts, and Civil Parishes.

Registration District.Registration Sub-District.Civil Parish.Name of Institution.Total Number of Inmates including Officers, &c.Number of Special Inmates such as Paupers, Patients, &c.
Persons.Males.Fe-malesPersons.MalesFemales
WhitechapelMile End New TownMile End New TownWorkhouse Infirmary656368288599362237
WhitechapelWhitechapl ChurchWhitechapelWorkhouse (Cas. Wrd)474524343
WhitechapelWhitechapl ChurchWhitechapelLondon Hospital839344495556311245
WhitechapelGoodman's FieldsTower of LondonTower of London68365726650650..

Table 6. —Total Tenements, and Tenements with less than Five Rooms , distinguishing those occupied by various numbers of Persons, in the Sanitary Areas of the Registration

Division.

Sanitary Area.Rooms in Tenement.Number of Tenements with less than five Rooms.Number of Occupants of Tenements.
123456789101112 or more
Whitechapel Total Tenements:—14,5758231341101168138220094261331-
24,167131591705665672563384236129581716
32.17334166269288356310250218141823524
14,257.41.13810769316614914415710690614143