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Whitechapel 1860

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE VII.—Ages at Death in each Registration District. for the Three Months ending 29th December, 1860.

TABLE VII.—Ages at Death in each Registration District. for the Three Months ending 29th December, 1860.

Districts.0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and upwards.Total.Remarks.
Artillery180384022
Spitalfields20354886182
Mile End N. Town212461622192110Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N.3019749838O
Whitechapel Church1518113231151123Hospital.
Goodman's Fields.13155889260
Aldgate131351137153
Totals1131323872976810530

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A Widow aged 102 years, died at No. 7, Castle Alley.

Table: TABLE VIII.—Showing the Mortality in the Workhouse and Hospitals in the District, during 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859 and 1860.

TABLE VIII.—Showing the Mortality in the Workhouse and Hospitals in the District, during 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859 and 1860.

Union Workhouse.London Hospital.Military Hospital.
1856 3531856 2971856 0
1857 2721857 3381857 2
1858 2691858 3251858 5
1859 2391859 3541859 3
1860 2821860 3261860 2

Table: TABLE IX.—Showing the Mortality per cent. in the Whitechapel District, in the undermentioned years.

TABLE IX.—Showing the Mortality per cent. in the Whitechapel District, in the undermentioned years.

From 1837 to 1838.From 1839 to 1844.From 1844 to 1850.From 1850 to 1855.From 1856 to 1857.From 1857 to 1858.From 1858 to 1860.
4 . 53 . 32 . 92 . 82 . 42 . 62 . 5

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From 1855, to the present time, the population is estimated at 84,000

Table: TABLE X.—Showing the total Mortality in the Whitechapel District, without deduction for non-residents, in the undermentioned years.

TABLE X.—Showing the total Mortality in the Whitechapel District, without deduction for non-residents, in the undermentioned years.

Years1848184918501851185218531854185518561857 53 wks.185818591860
Mortality2648277820612377228624442878245322372360244423212302

Table: TABLE XI.—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, for the Quarter ending 29th December, 1860.

TABLE XI.—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, for the Quarter ending 29th December, 1860.

0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and upwardsTotal Males 29 Femls.34Corresponding Quarter of 1859.
31110111724563