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Forty-eight persons lived to above the age of 80 years, and 4
of these reached to above 90, of whom 3 were women. They were
registered in the Sub-Districts as follows In the Spitalfields, 13 ;
in the Mile End New Town, 11 ; in the Whitechapel Church, 17 ;
and in the Goodman's-fields, 7. The registered cause of death in
the case of these aged people was, in 23, old age; in 20, chest
disease; in 4, nervous disease ; and in 1, accident.
During the year, 17 deaths were registered as "uncertified,"
and although no medical certificates were received in any of these
Uncertified cases, they were individually considered by the
Coroner, and by that officer the Registrars were
Deaths. .
instructed to register the deaths, and they were
accordingly so registered as follows : —
In the Spitalfields Sub-District 6
„ Mile End New Town ditto 3
„ Whitechapel Church ditto 4
,, Goodman's-fields ditto 2
,, Aldgate ditto 2
Ten were males, and 7 were females; 10 were under one year old,
4 were between 40 and 60, 2 were between 60 and 80, and 1 was
over 80 years of age ; 9 were recorded as having died from convulsions,
premature birth, or exhaustion; 3 from respiratory
diseases; 1 from apoplexy; 2 from senile decay; and 2 from
natural causes. Midwives certified in 6 of the cases.
In the London Hospital, there died during the year 849
persons, 139 of whom were residents. Over 60 per cent. of the
residents who died away from home, selected the
District Public London Hospital for treatment, the remaining,
Institutions. nearly 40 per cent., preferring the public institutions
in other parts of the Metropolis, as
particularized in Table E* of the appendix.
In the Whitechapel Union Infirmary, there died during the
year 323 persons, only 7 of whom were non-residents ; thus 316
residents died in the Infirmary, against 292 recorded in 1885.
The District medical officers received a total of 3,501 new
orders for attendance upon patients, either at the Dispensary in
Thomas-st., or at the patients' homes, and 2,038 were immediately
* See Page 27.