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Whitechapel 1861

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE VI—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months, ending28th December, 1861

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

28th December, 1861

Districts0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and upwardsTotalRemarks
Artillery8102225029
Spitalfields16294101311285
Mile End New Town283782131266157Workhouse
Whitechapel, N15173495154
Whitechapel Church720173129152121Hospital
Goodman's Fields12201987461
Aldgate1296687149
Totals9814241831007616556

Table: TABLE VII—Showing the Mortality in the Workhouse and Hospitals in the District during 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, and 1861

TABLE VII—Showing the Mortality in the Workhouse and Hospitals in the District during 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, and 1861

Union WorkhouseLondon HospitalMilitary Hospital
1856353185629718560
1857272185733818572
185826918583251858
1859239185935418593
1860282186032618602
1861287186136618610

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

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

Years1848184918501851185218531854185518561857 53 wks1858185918601861
Mortality26482778206123772286244428782453223723602444232123022331

Table: TABLE IX—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, for the Quarter ending 28th December, 1861

TABLE IX—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, for the Quarter ending 28th December, 1861

0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and upwardsTotalCorresponding Quarter of 1860
Males 34
Females 27
41116191556145