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Whitechapel 1874

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Table: TABLE II.Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending3rd October, 1874.

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TABLE II.

Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending

3rd October, 1874.

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.
	8	9	2	4	5	2	2	32
Spitalfields	28	19	7	6	20	11	2	93
Mile E. N. Town	32	25	8	14	26	23	1	129	Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N	26	23	13	4	8	4	4	82
Whitechapel Ch	16	15	27	56	56	16	1	187	Hospital.
Goodman's Fields	17	15	7	8	7	5	1	60
Aldgate	14	27	5	5	9	2	0	62
Totals	141	133	69	97	131	63	11	645

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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 in the entire District is 50.2 per cent. It varies, however, in
the several sub-districts. Thus in the Artillery sub-district it is 63.1 per cent.; in the Whitechapel
North it is 55'4 per cent. ; in the Goodman's Fields it is 53.3 per cent.; in the Spitalfields
it is 50.5 per cent. ; in the Aldgate it is 66.1 per cent. ; while in the districts of Mile End NewTown
and of Whitechapel Church, the rate is respectively 44.2 and 16.5 per cent.; the former
district contains the Workhouse, and the latter the London Hospital.

Table: TABLE III.The Births aud Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the3rd October, 1874.

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TABLE III.

The Births aud Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the

3rd October, 1874.

Districts.	Births.		Total.	Deaths.		Total.	Excess of Births over Deaths.	Excess of Deaths over Births.	Remarks
	M.	F.		M.	F.
Spitalfields	22	29	51	17	15	32	19	0
Spitalfields	67	60	117	51	42	93	24	0
Mile End N. Town	72	80	152	70	59	129	23	0	Workhouse.
Whitechapel, N.	57	45	102	47	35	82	20	0
WhitechplChurch	43	26	69	117	70	187	0	118	London Hospital.
Goodman's Fields	46	37	83	32	28	60	23	0	86 Non-residentsdied in the London Hospital.
Aldgate	31	26	57	29	33	62	0	5	86 Non-residentsdied in the London Hospital.
Totals	323	303	631	363	282	645	109	123	Excess of Births over Deaths, deducting the 86 Deaths of non-residents, 59

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Table: TABLE II.Ages at Death in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending3rd October, 1874.

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Table: TABLE III.The Births aud Deaths in each Registration District, for the Three Months ending on the3rd October, 1874.