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Whitechapel 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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REGISTRAR'S SUMMARY—CENSUS, 1891.
Separate Families (Schedules), Houses and Population in each Sub-Distridt of the Whitechapel District.
| Sub-District. | Houses according to Classes. | Tenements of less than Five Rooms. | Persons. | Separate Families Schdules. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inhabtd. | Uninhabited. | Building. | Males. | Female. | ||||
| Spitalfields Mile End | 2397 | 5 | 3634 | 11468 | 10988 | 22456 | 4224 | |
| New Town Whitechapl | 1758 | 2969 | 9433 | 8475 | 3363 | |||
| Church | 2568 | 37° | 8 | 3092 | 10419 | 9S79 | 202g8 | 3813 |
| Goodman's Fields | 641 | 144 | 7 | 1029 | 3503 | 3I7° | 6673 | r4:4 |
| Aldgate | 1122 | 125 | 10 | 1203 | 3918 | 3008 | 6926 | 1452 |
| 8486 | 849 | 45 | 11927 | 38741 | 35520 | 74261 | 14266 | |
A very brief study of the Table, which sets out the
facts which I possess, will serve to show the cosmopolitan
character of the population. The District, as a whole,
affords one house to 1.6 families and 8.7 persons; whilst the
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Offices of the
BomMof Works for the Whitechapel District,
Sanitary Department,
No. 15, Great Alie Street,
London, E.
February yd, 1892.
Gentlemen,
I propose to commence my Eighth Annual Report
by considering a few of the details connected with the Census
Returns, so far as they concern the Whitechapel District. Although
the particulars are sent from the Office of the Registrar-General as
" unrevised," it is highly improbable that the results will be much
affedted by subsequent revision. The total population has been
computed at 74,261, divided unequally, beyond any surmise on my
part, amongst the five sub-Registration Districts. First of all, I
notice the increase in the birth-rate since the last census returns
were issued—an increase which of course disarranged calculations
which were based upon the former numbers during the inter-censal
period.