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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 ending28th Sept, 1801

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

28th Sept, 1801

Districts0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and upwardsTotalRemarks
Artillery1044252229
Spitalfields31203563169
Mile End N Town391951918322134Workhouse
Whitechapel, N25204366369
WhitechapelClmrch Goodman's Fields1415153617195121Hospital
162067312266
Aldgate171477106061
Totals1521144479658015549

Table: TABLE VI—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 28th Sept, 1861

TABLE VI—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 28th Sept, 1861

DistrictsBirthsTotalDeathsTotalExcess of Births over DeathsExcess of Deaths over BirthsRemarks
ME,MF
Artillery2821498212920—
Spitalfields595811733366948—
Mile End New Town7583158736113424—Workhouse
Whitechapel, N362965343569—4
Whitechapel Church3529647447121—57London Hospital
Goodman's Fields44479131356625—
Aldgate3632682734617—38 Non-residents died in Lon Hos
Totals31329961228026954912461Excess of births over deaths, deducting the 38 non-residents101