Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE VI—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months, ending
28th December, 1861
Districts | 0 and under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards | Total | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artillery | 8 | 5 | 0 | 29 | |||||
Spitalfields | 29 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 85 | ||||
Mile End New Town | 37 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 157 | Workhouse | |||
Whitechapel, N | 15 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 54 | |
Whitechapel Church | 7 | 20 | 17 | 31 | 29 | 15 | Hospital | ||
Goodman's Fields | 20 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 61 | ||
Aldgate | 9 | 7 | 1 | 49 | |||||
Totals | 98 | 142 | 41 | 83 | 76 | 16 | 556 |
TABLE VII—Showing the Mortality in the Workhouse and Hospitals in the District during 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, and 1861
Union Workhouse | London Hospital | Military Hospital | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1856 | 353 | 1856 | 297 | 1856 | 0 |
1857 | 272 | 1857 | 338 | 1857 | |
1858 | 269 | 1858 | 325 | 1858 | |
1859 | 239 | 1859 | 354 | 1859 | 3 |
1860 | 326 | 1860 | 2 | ||
287 | 366 | 0 |
TABLE VIII—Showing the total Mortality in the Whitechapel District, without deduction for non-residents, in the undermentioned years
Years | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 53 wks | 1858 | 1859 | ||
Mortality | 2648 | 2778 | 2061 | 2377 | 2286 | 2444 | 2878 | 2453 | 2237 | 2360 | 2444 | 2321 | 2302 | 2331 |
TABLE IX—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, for the Quarter ending 28th December, 1861
0 and under 1 | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards | Total | Corresponding Quarter of 1860 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males 34 | ||||||||
Females 27 | ||||||||
4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 61 | 45 |