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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 V.—The Births and Deaths in each Registration for the Three Months ending on the 27th December, 1862.

TABLE V.—The Births and Deaths in each Registration for the Three Months ending on the 27th December, 1862.

Districts.Births.Total.Deaths.Total.Excess of Births over Deaths.Excess of Deaths over Births.Remarks.
M.F.M.F.
Artillery27275419113024—Workhouse.
Spitalfields8261143544610043—
Mile End N. Town83861698994183—14
Whitechapel, N566011645519620—
Whitechapel Ch.2735628950139—77London Hospital.
Goodman's Fields674911623244769—
Aldgate253661363975—1448 Non-residents died in Lon. Hosp.
Totals367354721355315670156105Excess of births over deaths, deducting the 48 non-resi-dents 99

Table: TABLE VI.—Showing the Births and Deaths in each District for the Year ending on the 27th December, 1862.

TABLE VI.—Showing the Births and Deaths in each District for the Year ending on the 27th December, 1862.

BIRTHS.DEATHS.
Districts.April.July.October.December.Total.April.July.October.December.Total.Excess of Births over Deaths.Excess of Deaths over Births.
Artillery606645542254237313014085
Spitalfields1491581321435827697111100g84198
Mile End N. Town168170133169640193191171183738—98
Whitechapel, N.12911310511646372728596325138
Whitechapel Ch .62616662251145105101139490—239
Goodman's Fields100909411640046556847216184
Aldgate6572546125266536475258—6
Totals73373062972128136406106316702551605343 Excess of births over deaths deducting 162 non-residts. 424.