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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 1862

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE IV.—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital.

TABLE IV.—Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital.

0 and under 11 and under 55 and Under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and upwardsTotal Males 77 Femls. 41Corresponding Quarter of 1861.
Workouse7835303312118107
L. Hospital1653432182Males 66 Femls.32 98112

Table: TABLE V.—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending29th March, 1862.

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

29th March, 1862.

Districts.0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and upwards.Total.Remarks.
Artillery8153268042
Spaitalfields222438134276
Mile End N. Town30261134403913193Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N.1710312218172
Whitechapel Church171684032203145Hospital.
Goodman's Fields15104844146
Aldgate1515412127166
Totals124116361161289921640