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Whitechapel 1868
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE IV.—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 27th June, 1868.
| Districts. | 0 and under 1 | 1 and under5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards | Total | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artillery | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 27 | |
| Spitalfields | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 78 | |
| Mile E. N. Town | 45 | 31 | 3 | 25 | 26 | 34 | 1 | 165 | Workhouse |
| Whitechapel, N. | 20 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 68 | |
| Whitechapel Ch. | 11 | 19 | 18 | 38 | 47 | 16 | 4 | 153 | Hospital |
| Goodman's Fields | 13 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 50 | |
| Aldgate | 5 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 44 | |
| Totals | 132 | 120 | 35 | 98 | 111 | 72 | 17 | 585 |
It appears, on the perusal of the above Table, that the rate of mortality of children
under 5 years of age, in relation to the total deaths, varies in the several sub-Districts.
Thus, in the Artillery sub-District, it is 55.5 per cent.; in the Whitechapel, North,
it is 54.4 per cent.; in the Aldgate, it is 38.3 per cent.; and in the Whitechapel
Church, it is only 20.3 per cent.
TABLE V. - Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital, for the Quarter ending 27th June, 1868.
| 0 and under l | 1 and under5 | 5 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and upwards | Total | Corresponding Quarter of 1867. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | 56 | |||||||||
| Femls | 37 | |||||||||
| Workhouse | 15 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 20 | 30 | 1 | 93 | 90 | |
| L. Hospital | 4 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 42 | 8 | 2 | Males | 80 | 104 |
| Femls | 37 | |||||||||
| 117 | ||||||||||