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the calculations into detail as regards each Sub-District, it will be
seen that the
Spitalfields Sub-District contained 21,906 people.
Mile End New Town Sub-District contained 19,364 ,,
Whitechapel Church ,, ,, 14,917 ,,
Goodman's Fields ,, ,, 7,955 ,,
Aldgate „ „ 5,193 „
Assuming, therefore, that in 1881 each District was proportionately
peopled, it is clear that the Mile End New Town Sub-District must
now be over-populated. A scheme is under consideration for
presentation to your Board, which I hope will deal satisfactorily with
this matter. As however, exception may be taken to the estimated
population which I have named, I have preferred in drawing attention
to the year's births and deaths and other matters affecting the
District, to argue upon premises which are definite, rather than from
figures based more or less upon hypothesis. Thus the number of
births registered during the year was 2500, whilst the total deaths
amounted to 2219. Excluding the non-resident deaths and adding
the deaths of those residents who, dying in outlying public institutions,
were registered in other parts of London, the correct District mortality
for the year is found to be 1571. The natural increase therefore
is 929, and our District death-rate is equal to 22.6 per 1000 for the
year 1884, which consisted of 53 weeks, or, corrected to a year of 52
weeks, is equal to 22.2 per 1000 per annum. The corrected London
death-rate for the same period is equal to 21.5 per 1000, and this
calculation is made without allowing for those details which I have
arranged for in the calculations which apply to our own District
mortality, and which adversely influence our District returns by
comparison. I desire to draw attention to the advanced ages
attained by some of the Whitechapel residents ; for whilst 45 deaths
were registered over 80 years of age, nine of these were recorded at
over go, and two died at the unusual age of 98. These various items
of information are tabulated in Table E* of the Appendix, as arranged
for the whole year. Upon Table D† in the same series will be found
amongst other information a comparison of the Whitechapel District
deaths with the deaths for the whole of London. Adding the 251
deaths of London residents which were registered during the last
six months of the year from small-pox in Districts outside Registration
London, the total zymotic deaths for London were 15,603, and for
*See page 27. † See page 26.