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Whitechapel 1885

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: Table A. —Births and Deaths registered in the Whitechapel District during the 52 weeks of the Year 1885 which terminated January 2nd, 1886.

Table A. —Births and Deaths registered in the Whitechapel District during the 52 weeks of the Year 1885 which terminated January 2nd, 1886.

Total Births Registered—2378.Total Deaths Registered—2080.
Spitalfields.Mile End New Twn.Whitchpl. Church.Goodman's Fields.Aldgate.MalesFmealesSpitalfields.Mile End New Twn.Whitchpl. Church.Goodman's Fields.Aldgate.Males.Females
703737522241175120911693365221016120861225855

Table: Table B.—The Whitechapel Infirmary being in the Mile End New Town sub-District, and 80 births (5 being non-resident) having taken place in that Institution, the 75 resident births have been referred to the sub-Districts where the mothers previously resided.The amended Table is therefore given :—

Table B.—The Whitechapel Infirmary being in the Mile End New Town sub-District, and 80 births (5 being non-resident) having taken place in that Institution, the 75 resident births have been referred to the sub-Districts where the mothers previously resided.

The amended Table is therefore given :—

Spitalfields.Mile End New Town.Whitechapl. Church.Goodman's Fields.Aldgate.
746666537246178

Table: As the deaths of 715 non-residents took place in the London Hospital, which is in the Whitechapel Church sub-District, and 16 non-residents died in other parts of the District, and 107 residents died in outlying Public Institutions, I have referred the deaths of the 1456 residents to their proper sub-Districts, as under:—

As the deaths of 715 non-residents took place in the London Hospital, which is in the Whitechapel Church sub-District, and 16 non-residents died in other parts of the District, and 107 residents died in outlying Public Institutions, I have referred the deaths of the 1456 residents to their proper sub-Districts, as under:—

Spitalfields.Mile End New Town.Whitechapl. Church.Goodman's Fields.Aldgate.
527290341175123

Table: Table C.—The 731 deaths of non-residents which took place in the District were registered in the sub-Districts as follows:—

Table C.—The 731 deaths of non-residents which took place in the District were registered in the sub-Districts as follows:—

Spitalfields, (Met. Free Hos.)Mile End New Town. (Infirmary.)Whitechapl. Church, (Lond. Hos.)Goodman's Fields.Aldgate.
2971532

Table: The deaths of the 107 residents (males 69, females 38) which took place in Public Institutions outside the District occurred as follows:-

The deaths of the 107 residents (males 69, females 38) which took place in Public Institutions outside the District occurred as follows:-

Ban stead Asylum10Leavesden Asylum5
Bethnal House Lunatic Asylum1Liverpool Road Fever Hospital2
Cancer Hospital2Metro. Asylums Board's Hspls.or Ships17
Cheyne Hospital1Middlesex Hospital1
City Infirmary1Military Hospitals5
City of London Chest Hospital2North Eastern Hospital1
Colney Hatch Asylum5Poplar Union1
Darenth Asylum2Royal Free Hospital1
French Hospital1Shadwell Children's Hospital9
German Hospital10South Grove Workhouse5
Gt. Ormond St., Children's Hospital1St. Anne's House, Stoke Newington2
Had well Asylum1St. Bartholomew's Hospital11
Guy's Hospital2St. Elizabeth's Hospital1
Jewish Home, Stepney Green3St. George's Hospital2
King's College Hospital1Westminster Workhouse1