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 VI.—Ages at Death in eac h Registration District, for the Three Months, ending 2nd January, 1864 (14 weeks).
Districts. | 0 and under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 20. | 20 and under 40. | 40 and under 60. | 60 and under 80. | 80 and upwards. | Total. | Population in 1861. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artillery | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 28 | |
Spitalfields | 30 | 38 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 110 | |
Mile End New Town | 42 | 23 | 12 | 28 | 33 | 28 | 6 | 172 | |
Whitechapel, North | 27 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 86 | 78970 |
Whitechapel Church Goodman's Fields | 6 | 21 | 21 | 40 | 44 | 20 | 0 | 152 | |
12 | 28 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 79 | ||
Aldgate | 13 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 58 | |
Totals | 136 | 147 | 68 | 110 | 122 | 91 | 11 | 685 |
TABLE VII.—Showing the Mortality in the Workhouse and Hospitals in the District during 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862 and 1863.
Union Workhouse. | London Hospital. | Military Hospital. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1856 | 353 | 1856 | 297 | 1856 | 0 |
1857 | 272 | 1857 | 338 | 1857 | 2 |
1858 | 269 | 1858 | 325 | 1858 | 5 |
1859 | 239 | 1859 | 354 | 1859 | 3 |
1860 | 282 | 1860 | 326 | 1860 | 2 |
1861 | 287 | 1861 | 366 | 1861 | 0 |
1862 | 369 | 1862 | 330 | 1862 | 2 |
1863 | 324 | 1863 | 418 | 1863 | 2 |
TABLE VIII.—Showing the total Mortality in the Whitechapel District, without deduction for non-residents, in the undermentioned years.
Years | 1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852 | 1853 | 1854 | 1855 | 1856 | 1857 53 wks. | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 53 wks. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mortality | 2648 | 2778 | 2061 | 2377 | 2286 | 2444 | 2878 | 2453 | 2237 | 2360 | 2444 | 2321 | 2302 | 2331 | 2551 | 2764 |
TABLE IX.—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Year ending 2nd January, 1864 (53 weeks).
Districts. | 0 and under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 20. | 20 and under 40. | 40 and under 60. | 60 and under 80. | 80 and upwards. | Total. | Population in 1861. | Mortality percent. under 5. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artillery | 42 | 53 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 164 | 6557 | 1.44 |
Spitalfields | 102 | 147 | 44 | 42 | 47 | 38 | 4 | 424 | 15700 | 1.58 |
Mile End New Town | 153 | 162 | 53 | 109 | 137 | 115 | 24 | 693 | 15392 | 2.04 |
Whitechapel, North | 79 | 116 | 40 | 22 | 42 | 35 | 6 | 340 | 12122 | 1.60 |
Whitechapel Church | 33 | 89 | 67 | 141 | 179 | 77 | 11 | 597 | 8062 | 1.51 |
Goodman's Fields | 65 | 83 | 30 | 30 | 34 | 22 | 8 | 272 | 11166 | 1.32 |
Aldgate | 61 | 68 | 37 | 39 | 32 | 35 | 2 | 274 | 9971 | 1.49 |
Totals | 535 | 718 | 289 | 399 | 490 | 336 | 57 | 2764 | 78970 | 1.58 |
For the Year 1862 | 498 | 620 | 182 | 389 | 462 | 350 | 50 | 2551 |
The births during the year were 2,796. This number gives an annual birth rate of 35.4 per 1,000 of the population.
The deaths, including all those in the London Hospital (418), were 2,764. This number gives an annual death rate of
35.0 per 1,000. By deducting the deaths of the non-residents (181) the proportion of deaths per 1,000 is reduced to 32.4;
and by deducting the total deaths in the London Hospital, which it is requisite to do if we compare the mortality in
this district with that in others, the rate of mortality is still further reduced to 29.5 The deaths under 5 years of age
were 1,253. This number is at the rate of 44.8 per cent. of the total births, and 45.7 per cent. of the total deaths.
As the above calculations are made upon the mortality of 53 weeks, the rate of mortality for this district may be
estimated at 34.1 instead of 35.0 per 1000. In the City of London 39 per cent. of the total mortality is of children
under 5 years of age. In London the proportion of the deaths of children under 5 years of age to the total mortality is
44 per cent.