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Whitechapel 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: Table A:—Births Registered in the Whitechapel Distritft during the year 1891.

Table A:—Births Registered in the Whitechapel Distritft during the year 1891.

Sub Registration Districts.Spital-fields.Mile End New TownWhitechapel Church.Goodmans Fields.Aldgate.Total.
Boys.Girls.
First Quarter.2152602166753389422
Second2281 258204547140541O
Third „2292271945444391357
Fourth „1962281665643349340
Total8689737802312113063

Table: Table B.—Deaths registered in the Whitechapel District during 1891.

Table B.—Deaths registered in the Whitechapel District during 1891.

Sub-Registration Districts.Spital-fields.Mile End New TownWhitechapel Church.Goodmans Fields.Aldgate.Total.
Males.Females.
First Quarter.1l62213232535397323
Second ,,86l8l3082637371267
Third „801362742631319228
Fourth ,,711452582323292228
Total35368311631oo1262425

Table: Table C.—The 778 Deaths of Non-Residents which took place in the Distrid were Registered as under .

Table C.—The 778 Deaths of Non-Residents which took place in the Distrid were Registered as under .

Spitalfields.Mile End New Town (Whitechapel Infirmary).Whitechapel Church (London Hospital).Goodman's Fields.Aldgate (River Thames.)
Nil.17754Nil.7

Table: Table D.—Outlying Public Institutions, &c., where Residents of the Whitechapel District Died during the Year.

Table D.—Outlying Public Institutions, &c., where Residents of the Whitechapel District Died during the Year.

Aged Pilgrims' Asylum1Brought over150
Asylums' Board Hospital43Holloway Prison1
Brompton Hospital5Jews' Home, Stepney1
Cancer Hospital, Fulham1Jews' Hospital
Charing Cross Hospital2King's College Hospital1
Childrens HospitalEvelina2Metropolitan Hospital1
Gt. Ormond St2Mile End Old Town Infirmary
Shadwell16Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum1
City of London Infirmary1Queen Charlotte Hospital1
City of London Chest Hospital1Regent's Canal, Haggerston1
City of London Asylum, Stone1Station Hospital, Rochester Row3
Earl Street, Hoxton1St. Anne's House, Stk. Newington4
Extra-Metropolitan AsylumsBanstead9St. Bartholomew's Hospital12
Darenth2St. Camillo's Hospital1
Colney Hatch.9St. George's Hospital1
Davenant1St. Gile's Workhouse1
Hanwell3St. Thomas's Hospital1
. Levesden19St. Placia's Creche1
French Hospital4Shoreditch Infirmary1
German Hospital20Soho Women's Hospital1
Guy's Hospital7University College Hospital1
Carried over150Total192