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Whitechapel 1868

[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 26th December, 1868.

TABLE IV.

Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending 26th December, 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.
Artillery731255225
Spitalfields25194111314278
Mile E. N. Town2625113843406189Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N121251159256
Whitechapel Ch1011266040222171Hospital.
Goodman's Fields1892696151
Aldgate1311312128059
Totals111905214012710415629

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It appears, on 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 40.0 per cent.; in the Spitalfields it is 56.2 per cent; in the Whitechapel
North it is 42 8 per cent.; in the Goodman's Fields it is 52.9 per cent.; in the Aldgate it
is 40.0 per cent.; and for the whole District it is 31.9 per cent.

Table: TABLE V.Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital for the Quarter ending 26th December, 1868.

TABLE V.

Showing the Ages at Death in the Workhouse, and in the London Hospital for the Quarter ending 26th December, 1868.

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 end upwards.Total Males, 61. Females, 47.Corresponding Quarter of 1867.
Workhouse735292831510869
London Hospital17215238121Males, 95.126
Females, 37.
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