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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 28th June, 1862.
| Districts. | Births. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F, | M. | F. | ||||||
| Artillery | 31 | 35 | 66 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 29 | — | |
| Spitalfields | 79 | 79 | 158 | 47 | 50 | 97 | 61 | — | |
| Mile End New Town | 80 | 90 | 170 | 93 | 98 | 191 | — | 21 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N. | 68 | 45 | 113 | 43 | 29 | 72 | 41 | — | |
| Whitechapel Church | 36 | 25 | 61 | 72 | 33 | 105 | — | 44 | London Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 48 | 42 | 90 | 27 | 28 | 55 | 45 | — | |
| Aldgate | 33 | 39 | 72 | 24 | 29 | 53 | 19 | ||
| 27 Non-residents died in Lon. Hos. | |||||||||
| Totals | 375 | 355 | 730 | 127 | 282 | 610 | 195 | 65 | Excess of births over deaths, deducting the 27 non-residents 147 |