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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 II.—Number of Persons in Public Institutions on the 8th April, 1861.
| District and Sub-District. | Parish or Place. | Name of Institution | Total number in Institution. | Number of Special Inmates as Paupers, Patients, Lunatics, &c. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitechapel. | Union Workhouse. | Persns. | Males. | Femls. | Persns. | Males. | Femls. | |
| 638 | 252 | 386 | 629 | 248 | 381 | |||
| St. Ann's Monastery | 20 | 20 | — | 17 | 17 | — | ||
| Mile End N. Town | Mile End N. Town | King Edward's Refuge for Destitute Girls | 46 | - | 46 | 42 | - | 42 |
| Whitechapel North | "Whitechapel | Boys' Refuge, Commercial Street. | 104 | 101 | 3 | 100 | 100 | - |
| Whitechapel Ch | Whitechapel, | London Hospital. | 405 | 217 | 188 | 310 | 199 | 111 |
| Goodman's Fields | "Whitechapel. | Jews' Orphan Asylum. | 47 | 27 | 20 | 36 | 23 | 13 |
| Aldgate | Tower of London. | Tower of London Barracks. | 584 | 523 | 61 | 479 | 479 | - |
| Precinct of the Tower. | Sailors' Home. | 202 | 202 | — | 189 | 189 | — | |
| Destitute Sailors' Asylum. | 17 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 13 | — | ||
The Hospitals in London (General and Special), 44 in number, contained on the 8th April, 1861, 5,623
Patients; the Workhouses, including Schools for Pauper Children, contained 23,803 persons exclusive
of the families of the Officers, &c.
TABLE III.—Persons on Board Vessels on the Night of April 7th, 1861.
| British. | British and Colonial. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldgate. | St. Botolph Without Aldgate. | 95 | 56 | 151 |
| St. Katherine-by-the Tower. | 94 | 46 | 140 | |
| Tower Precinct. | 124 | — | 124 |
TABLE IV.—-Extent of Water included in the Areas of Parishes.
| Area in Acres. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Land | Water. | ||
| St. Botolph Without Aldgate; or, East Smith-field Liberty. | 30 | 7 | |
| St. Katherine-by-the-Tower. | 17 | 6 | |
| Old Tower Without Precinct. | 27 | 10 | |
| Tower of London. | |||
The extent of Water included in the area of the above-named Parishes is nearly one-third.