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Whitechapel 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: Table A.—Births Registered in the Whitechapel District during the year 1892.

Table A.—Births Registered in the Whitechapel District during the year 1892.

Sub Registration Districts.Spital-fields.Mile End New TownWhitechapel Church.Goodmans Fields.Total.
Boys.Girls.
First Quarter.212261198122386407
Second „23028824592433422
Third „184264186101358377
Fourth „197230188123386352
Total823104381743815631558
3121

Table: Table B.—Deaths registered in the Whitechapel District during 1892.

Table B.—Deaths registered in the Whitechapel District during 1892.

Sub-Registration Districts.Spital-fields.Mile End New TownWhite-chapel Church.Goodmans Fields.Total.
Males.Females.
First Quarter.11118131563382288
Second „7417228152353226
Third „7416226340325214
Fourth „7616332255361255
Total33567811812101421983
2404

Table: Table C.—The 746 Deaths of Non-Residents which took place in the District were Registered as under:

Table C.—The 746 Deaths of Non-Residents which took place in the District were Registered as under:

Spitalfields.Mile End New Town (Whitechapel Infirmary).Whitechapel Church (London Hospital).Goodman's Fields. (River Thames.)Total.
1187243746

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.

Asylums' Board Hospitals—Brought over163
Homerton Fever Hospital58Hackney Infirmary1
Northern „2Hand-in-hand Asylum1
North Eastern „7Holborn Workhouse1
North Western3Hoxton House Asylum1
South Eastern „3Islington Infirmary1
Banstead Asylum7Jewish Home5
Cane Hill „2King's College Hospital1
Caterham „2Lock Hospital1
Colney Hatch„13Middlesex Hospital1
Darenth „3Mile End Infirmary1
Han well „3Mint Street Workhouse1
Leavesden „9Poplar Hospital1
Bethnal Green Workhouse1Royal Free Hospital1
Bethnal House Asylum2St. Anne's House2
Brompton Hospital2St. Bartholomew's Hospital18
Charing Cross Hospital2St. George's Hospital1
Children's Hospital,Gt. Ormond St1St. George-in-the-East Infirmary1
1, „ Shadwell13St. Mark's Hospital1
City Infirmary, Bow2Shoreditch Infirmary1
City of London Chest Hospital8Station Hospital3
Evelina Hospital for Children1Strand Workhouse1
French Hospital1Whitechapel Workhouse, South Grove7
German Hospital13
Grove Hall Asylum1Other places5
Guy's Hospital4Total220
Carried over163