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Whitechapel 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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SPECIAL RETURNS
Ordered by the Local Government Board.
AREA AND POPULATION
OF THE DISTRICT
TO WHICH THESE RETURNS RELATE:—
Area in Acres, 406 (Including 23 Acres of Water).
Population in 1891, 74,261.
Census of Public Institutions
On the Night op December 31st, 1895:—
The London Hospital = 917*
1,527
The Whitechapel Union Infirmary = 610†
* 612 of whom week patients.
† 556 of whom were patients.