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Whitechapel 1867

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE IV —Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 28th December, 1867

TABLE IV —Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 28th December, 1867

Districts0 and under 11 and under 55 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and upwardsTotalRemarks
Artillery861557032Workhouse
Spitalfields321728127179
Mile E. N. Town361552541273152
Whitechapel, N.181921061258
Whitechapel Ch.1330125943162175Hospital
Goodman's Fields27150476059
Aldgate11646118044
Totals14510826117125708599

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From the above Table it will be seen that the rate of mortality of children under 5 years
of age is very high in most of the Sub-districts Thus, in the Artillery Sub-district, the
mortality of young children in relation to the total deaths is 43 7 per cent., in the
Goodman's Fields it is 74 5 per cent. in the Spitalfields it is 62 0 per cent , and in the
Whitechapel, North, 63. 7 per cent.

Table: TABLE V —Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital, for the Quarter ending 28th December, 1867

TABLE V —Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital, for the Quarter ending 28th December, 1867

0 and underl1 and under55 and undr2020 and under 4040 and under6060 and under 8080 and upwardsTotal Males 43 Femls26Corresponding Quarter of 1866
Workhouse101115192126981
L Hospital01885037121Males 82 Femls44 126107