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people, have become converted into tenement dwellings. Again,
whilst migration has been constant in our midst, there can be little
doubt as to the preponderance of immigration over emigration,
and, although we cannot flatter ourselves that thereby we are
benefited qualitatively, there is a considerable and growing gain to
the District in numbers at least. Thus it is fair to assume that the
above calculation does not, at any rate, overstate our population.
Upon this basis, it follows also, that the population of each SubDistrict
is as follows:—
The Spitalfields Sub-District 22,057
The Mile End New Town ditto 19,914
The Whitechapel Church ditto. 18,000
The Goodman's-fields ditto 6,657
Aldgate ditto 5,514
Total 72,142
During the year 1886 (consisting of 52 weeks), which ended
on Saturday, January 1st, 1887, there were registered in the five
registration Sub-Districts a total of 2,531 births and 2,257 deaths.
Tables A and B* of the appendix illustrate these particulars in
detail. It is necessary,to be accurate in dealing with these figures,
to adopt the system which I have hitherto practised, and, therefore,
as regards the births, I have availed myself of the kindly
co-operation of Dr. Whitfield (Acting Medical Superintendent to
the Whitechapel Union Infirmary), to obtain the previous
addresses of the mothers who were delivered in that Institution.
These I have distributed correctly amongst the several SubDistricts,
as set out in Table C†, from which it appears that the
total births in the District, and properly belonging to it, were
2,525, of which 1,267 were males, and 1,258 were females. In
dealing with the 2,257 deaths registered in the District, I notice
that in our public institutions, and also in other parts of the
District, there died 725 persons who were not properly belonging
to the District—6 were registered in the Aldgate Sub-District, 7 in
the Mile End New Town Sub-District, and 712 in the Whitechapel
Church Sub-District, wherein is situated the London Hospital.
Not one took place in either the Spitalfields or the Goodman'sfields
Sub-Districts. We have next to consider that in public
institutions outside the District (as particularized in Table E)‡,
* Page 26. † Page 26. ‡ Page 27.