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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 IV.— Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 26th Sept., 1868.
| 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 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 43 | Workhouse |
| Spitalfields | 36 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 98 | |
| Mile E. N. Town | 38 | 25 | 9 | 22 | 37 | 22 | 4 | 157 | |
| Whitechapel, N. | 24 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 61 | Hospital |
| Whitechapel Ch. | 10 | 21 | 23 | 51 | 43 | 16 | 2 | 166 | |
| Goodman's Fields | 20 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 56 | |
| Aldgate | 16 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 57 | |
| Totals | 162 | 123 | 61 | 96 | 122 | 66 | 8 | 638 |
From the above Table, it will be seen that the rate of mortality of children under 5
years of age, in relation to the total deaths, is 44.8 per cent. In some of the subDistricts,
however, the rate of mortality is much higher; thus, in the Artillery subDistrict,
it is 65.1 per cent.; in the Goodman's Fields, 58.9 per cent.; in the Spitalfields,
59.1 per cent.; in the Aldgate, 61.0 per cent.; and in the Whitechapel North, it is
60.0 per cent.
TABLE V.— The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the 26th Sept., 1868.
| Districts. | Births. | Total. | Deaths. | Total. | Excess of Births over Deaths. | Excess of Deaths over Births. | Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||
| Artillery | 26 | 27 | 53 | 18 | 25 | 43 | 10 | 0 | |
| Spitalfields | 54 | 72 | 126 | 54 | 44 | 98 | 28 | 0 | |
| Mile End N. Town. | 63 | 76 | 139 | 82 | 75 | 157 | 0 | 18 | Workhouse. |
| Whitechapel, N. | 47 | 49 | 96 | 34 | 27 | 61 | 35 | 0 | |
| Whitechapl. Church | 21 | 32 | 53 | 110 | 56 | 166 | 0 | 113 | London Hospital. |
| Goodman's Fields | 39 | 33 | 72 | 30 | 26 | 56 | 16 | 0 | |
| Aldgate | 25 | 19 | 44 | 33 | 24 | 57 | 0 | 13 | 77 non-residents died in L. Hos. |
| Totals | 275 | 308 | 583 | 361 | 277 | 638 | 89 | 144 | Excess of deaths over births, deducting the 77 non-residents 22 |
Population in 1861, 78,970.