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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 1868
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE
| 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 | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 5 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 36 | |
| Spitalfields | 25 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 84 | |
| Mile E. N. Town | 32 | 24 | 5 | 30 | 41 | 36 | 12 | 180 | Workhouse |
| Whitechapel, N. | 15 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 61 | |
| Whitechapel Ch. | 8 | 21 | 19 | 49 | 65 | 21 | 4 | 187 | Hospital |
| Goodman's Fields | 14 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 58 | |
| Aldgatc | 9 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 51 | |
| Totals | 108 | 123 | 39 | 113 | 159 | 93 | 21 | 657 |
TABLE V.—The Births and Deaths In each R egistration District, f or the Three Months ending on the 28th March, 1868.
| Districts. | Births. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||
| Artillery | 32 | 31 | 63 | 26 | 10 | 36 | 27 | 0 | |
| Spitalfields | 65 | 57 | 122 | 45 | 39 | 84 | 38 | 0 | |
| Mile End N. Town. | 95 | 84 | 179 | 98 | 82 | 180 | 0 | 1 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N. | 65 | 60 | 125 | 31 | 30 | 61 | 64 | 0 | |
| Whitechapl. Church | 34 | 31 | 65 | 122 | 65 | 187 | 0 | 122 | London Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 39 | 48 | 87 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 29 | 0 | |
| Aldgate | 30 | 32 | 62 | 28 | 23 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 86 non-residents died in L. Hos. |
| Totals | 360 | 343 | 703 | 380 | 277 | 657 | 169 | 123 | Excess of births over deaths, deducting the 86 non-residents, 152 |
| Population in 1861, 78,970. | |||||||||