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Whitechapel 1862

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE VII.—Ages at Death in each Registration Distriot, for Three Months, ending 27th December, 1862.

TABLE VII.—Ages at Death in each Registration Distriot, for Three Months, ending 27th December, 1862.

Districts.0 and under 11 and Tinder 55 and under 2020 and n der 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and upwards.Total.Population in 1861.
Artillery69414513078,970
Spitalfields213241214161100
MileEndN.Twn.3147112835283183
Whitechapel, N.234453138096
Whitechapel Ch.1218192841192139
Goodmn's Fields10116847147
Aldgate192557109075
Totals1221865487121928670
For the yearl862498620182389462350502551

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Of the total mortality for the year the proportion, of deaths under 5 years is 43.8 per cent.

Table: TABLE VIII —Showing the Mortality in the Workhouse and Hospitals in the District during 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861 and 1862.

TABLE VIII —Showing the Mortality in the Workhouse and Hospitals in the District during 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861 and 1862.

Union Workhouse.London Hospital.Military Hospital.
1856353185629718560
1857272185733818572
1858269185832518585
1859239185935418593
1860282186032618602
1861287186136618610
1862369186233018622

Table: TABLE IX.—Showing the total Mortality in the Whitechapel District, without deduction for non-residents, in the undermentioned years.

TABLE IX.—Showing the total Mortality in the Whitechapel District, without deduction for non-residents, in the undermentioned years.

Years184818491850185118521853185418551856185718581859186018611862
53 wks.
Mortality264827782061237722862444287824532237236024442321230223312551

Table: TABLE X.—Ages at Death in each Registration District for the Year ending 27th December, 1862.

TABLE X.—Ages at Death in each Registration District for the Year ending 27th December, 1862.

Districts.0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and upwards.Total.Population 1861.Mortality per cent under 5
Artillery36451081522414065571.23
Spitalfields89142213549417384157001.46
MileEndN.Twn.1311324511516013520738153921.70
Whitechapel N.8997193949275325121221.53
Whitechapel Ch.426346121128801049080621.28
Goodnm's Fields5368172924223216111661.08
Aldgate587324423723125899711.31
Total498620182389462350502551789701.41

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The births during the year were 2813, and the deaths under 5 years of age were 1118 or 39-7
per cent, of the total births. Of every 1000 of the population 32*3 died in the course of the
year.