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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 VI.—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 29th March, 1862.
| Districts. | Births. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||
| Artillery | 31 | 29 | 60 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 18 | — | |
| Spitalfields | 79 | 70 | 149 | 35 | 41 | 76 | 73 | — | |
| Mile End New Town | 71 | 97 | 168 | 113 | 80 | 193 | — | 25 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N. | 69 | 60 | 129 | 32 | 40 | 72 | 57 | — | |
| Whitechapel Church | 37 | 25 | 62 | 80 | 65 | 145 | — | 83 | London Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 57 | 43 | 100 | 22 | 34 | 46 | 54 | — | |
| Aldgate | 32 | 33 | 65 | 32 | 34 | 66 | — | 1 | 51 Non-residents died in Lon. Hos. |
| Totals | 376 | 357 | 733 | 331 | 309 | 640 | 202 | 109 | Excess of births over deaths, deducting the 51 non-residents 144. |