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Whitechapel 1874

[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 Thred Months ending 4th April, 1874.

TABLE IV.—Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Thred Months ending 4th April, 1874.

Districts.0 and under 3.1 and under 55 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and upwards.Total.Remarks.
Artillery9541G3230
Spitalfields1832410116182
Mile E. N. Town2G198oq39521178Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N.19176377463
Whitechapel Ch.728235355353204Hospital.
Goodman'sFieldsG122358238
Aldgate41526119148
Totals891284910913412014643

Table: TABLE V.—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months Ending 4th April, 1874.

TABLE V.—The Births and Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months Ending 4th April, 1874.

Districts.Births.Total.Deaths.Total.Excess of Births over Deaths.Excessof Deaths over Births.Remarks.
ArtilleryM.F.51M.F.30210
30211713
Spitalfields6248no493382280
Mile E. N. Town73901639583178015Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N .6246108333063450
Whitechapel Ch.321850127772040154London Hospital.
Goodman 'sFields484694251338560
Aldgate401959262248011106 Non residents died in the London Hospital.
Totals347288635372-271643150180Excess of Births over Deaths, deducting the 106 Deaths of non-residents, 9S.

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Population in 1871, 76,573.
Population in 1861, 78,970.