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Whitechapel 1861

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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

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

DistrictsBirthsTotalDeathsTotalExcess of Births over DeathsExcess of Deaths over BirthsRemarks
MFMF
Artillery17335016132921—
Spitalfields475310037488515—
Mile End New Town947116584731578—Workhouse
Whitechapel, N515210331235449—
Whitechapel Church3039697249121—52London Hospital
Goodman's Fields44479128336130—
Aldgate46418723264938-
42 Non-residents died in Lon Hos
Totals32933666529126555616152Excess of births over deaths, deducting the 42 non-residents 151

Table: TABLE V—Showing the Births and Deaths in each District, for the Year ending on the 28th December, 1861

TABLE V—Showing the Births and Deaths in each District, for the Year ending on the 28th December, 1861

BIRTHSDEATHS
DistrictsAprilJulyOctoberDecemberTotalAprilJulyOctoberDecemberTotalExcess of Births over DeathsExcess of Deaths over Births
Artillery704749502164130292912987
Spitalfields143122117100482121796985354128
Mile End New Town14715915816562918612713415769425
Whitechapel, N1181176510340373666954262141
Whitechapel Church Goodman's Fields65 11176 10364 9169 91274 396156 74117 58121 66121 61515 259137241
Aldgate587368872864949614920878
Totals71269761266526867005265495562331596241 Excess of births over deaths deducting 179 nonresidents 534