Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE IV.—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 2nd January, 1864 (14 weeks).
Districts. | Births. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks. | ||
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M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||
Artillery | 30 | 30 | 60 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 32 | .. | |
Spitalfields | 86 | 59 | 145 | 51 | 59 | 110 | 35 | .. | |
Mile End New Town | 87 | 80 | 167 | 103 | 69 | 172 | .. | 5 | Workhouse. |
Whitechapel, North | 53 | 51 | 104 | 52 | 34 | 86 | 18 | .. | |
Whitechapel Church | 50 | 34 | 84 | 90 | 62 | 152 | .. | 68 | London Hospital. |
Goodman's Fields | 48 | 48 | 96 | 42 | 37 | 79 | 17 | .. | |
Aldgate | 39 | 34 | 73 | 38 | 20 | 58 | 15 | .. | |
54 non-residents died in London Hospital. | |||||||||
Totals | 393 | 336 | 729 | 392 | 293 | 685 | 117 | 73 | Excess of births over deaths, deducting the 54 non-residents . . 98 |
TABLE V.—Showing the Births and Deaths in each District, for the Year ending on the 2nd January, 1864 (53 weeks).
BIRTHS. | DEATHS. | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Districts. | April. | July. | October. | December. | Total, | April. | July. | October. | December. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. |
Artillery | 74 | 61 | 48 | 60 | 243 | 43 | 53 | 40 | 28 | 164 | 79 | |
Spitalfields | 125 | 116 | 116 | 145 | 502 | 125 | 94 | 95 | 110 | 424 | 98 | |
Mile End New Town | 178 | 176 | 146 | 167 | 667 | 203 | 154 | 164 | 172 | 693 | .. | 26 |
Whitechapel, North | 107 | 121 | 109 | 104 | 441 | 103 | 80 | 71 | 86 | 340 | 101 | |
Whitechapel Church | 80 | 63 | 73 | 84 | 300 | 148 | 134 | 163 | 152 | 597 | .. | 297 |
Goodman's Fields | 85 | 98 | 97 | 96 | 376 | 61 | 64 | 68 | 79 | 272 | 104 | |
Aldgate | 74 | 65 | 55 | 73 | 267 | 78 | 60 | 78 | 58 | 274 | .. | 7 |
Totals | 723 | 700 | 644 | 729 | 2796 | 761 | 639 | 679 | 685 | 2764 | 382 | 330 Excess of births over deaths deducting 181 non- residents 213 |