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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 1858
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE V-T able showing the number of Births in each Week in the Whiteehapel Dstrict, for the Three Months ending on the 2nd October, 1858.
| Districts. | WEEKS ENDING. j | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July. | August. | September. | Total Male 306 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | M. | F. | M. | F. . | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F | M. | F. | Total Females 298 | ||
| Artillery | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Grand Total 604 |
| Spitalfields | 108 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
| Mile End New Town | 132 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | |
| Whitechapel, North | 94 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | Total Births for the corresponding Quarter of lastyearr696 |
| Whitechapel Church | 66 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | |
| Goodman's Fields | 92 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 62 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 604 | 25 | 31 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 27 | 15 | 24 | 16 | 37 21 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 23 | 16 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 27 | 26 | 34 | ||
TABLE VI._ T able showing the number of Deaths in each Week in the Whitechapel District, for the Three Months ending on the 2nd October, 1858.
| Districts. | WEEKS ENDING | Total Males 308 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July. | August. | September. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Females 239 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | p. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | Grand Total 547 | |
| Artillery | 34 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | u | 0 | l | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | It | Non-Residents 37 |
| Spitalfields | 95 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | y | 7 | b | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mile End New Town | 121 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 510 |
| Whitechapel, North | 83 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Whitechapel Church | 106 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | q | 12 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 5 | Total Births 604 |
| Aldgate | 54 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | q | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 54 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 * | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Excess of Births over Deaths 94 | |
| Totals | 547 | 18 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 23 | 21 | 44 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 31 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 2 r | 14 | 17 | 27 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 30 | 15 | 21 | 11 | |
| 44 | 56 | 44 | 65 | 33 | 46 | 32 | 44 | 31 | 40 | 35 | 45 | 32 | Total Deaths for the corresponding Quarter of last year 551 | |||||||||||||||
| Inquests Total47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
TABLE VII.—Ages at Death in the Union Workhouse.
| 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 upward | Total Males 26 Females 21 | Corresponding Quarter of 1857. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 47 | 57 |