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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 1861

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE V—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending29th June, 186.

TABLE V—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending

29th June, 186.

Districts0 and under 1i and under 55 and under 2020 an d under 4040 and under GO60 and under 8080 and upwardsTotalRemarks
Artillery5110353230
Spitaltields2222512107279
Mile End N Town29246927267127Workhouse
Whitechapel, N202041065166
WhitechapelChurch813103234172117Hospital
Goodman's Fields16195374458
Aldgate13175392049
Totals1131263572986418526

Table: TABLE VI—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 29th June, 1861,

TABLE VI—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 29th June, 1861,

DistrictsBirthsTotalDeathsTotalExcess of Births over DeathsExcess of Deaths over BirthsRemarks
MEME
Artillery26214714163017—
Spitalfields655712230497343—
Mile End New Town7980159775012732—Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N605711737,296651—
Whitechapel Church3540766057117—41London Hospital.
Goodman's Fields614210329295845—
Aldgate42317320294924
42 Non-residents died in Lon. Hos.
Totals36933869726725952621241Excess of births oyer deaths, deducting the 42 non-residents 213