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Whitechapel 1862

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE V.—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending27th Sept., 1862.

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

27th Sept., 1862.

Districts.0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and upwards.Total.Remaks.
Artillery1342353131
Spitalfields224691111102111
Mile End N. Town4238102426292171Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N.312651066185
WhitechapelChurch81592923143101Hospital.
Goodman's Fields13316773168
Aldgate1417811104064
Totals1431174995886910631

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Of the tea who died above 80 years of age, two were 92 years of age, one 88, one 87, one 86, two 85, and one 84.

Table: TABLE VI.-The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Monthsending on the 27th September, 1862.

TABLE VI.-The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months

ending on the 27th September, 1862.

Districts.Births.Total.Deaths.Total.Excess of Births over Deaths.Excess of Deaths oyer Births.Remarks.
M.F,M.F.
Artillery24214514173114-
Spitalfields6369132545711121—
Mile End New Town64691339675171—38Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N.495610548378520—
Whitechapel Church3036666140101—35London Hospital.
Goodman's Fields46489430386826—
Aldgate282654392564—1036 Non-residents died in Lon. Hos.
Totals3043256293422896318183Excess of births over deaths, deducting the 36 non-residents 34.