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Whitechapel 1895

[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 1895.

Table A. —Births Registered in the Whitechapel District during the year 1895.

Sub- Registration Districts.Spitalfields.Mile End New TownWhitechapel Church.Goodman's Fields.Total.
Boys.Girls.
First Quarter210273189102393381
Second ,,240333225110457451
Third „21219721398382338
Fourth „227180210108374357
Total88998384341816001527
3133

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Correct total District Births : 3112.

Table: Table B.—Deaths Registered in the Whitechapel District during the year 1895.

Table B.—Deaths Registered in the Whitechapel District during the year 1895.

Sub-Registration Districts.Spital-lields.Mile End New TownWhitechapel ChurchGoodman's Fields.Total.
Males.Females.
First Quarter8719136658388314
Second „5712633142335221
Third „10113436071349317
Fourth „77146353443522G8
Total322597141021514241120
2544

Table: Table C.— The Deaths of 972 Non-Residents which took place within the District during the year were Registered as under:—

Table C.— The Deaths of 972 Non-Residents which took place within the District during the year were Registered as under:—

Spitalfields.Mile End New Town (Whitechapel Infirmary).Whitechapel Church (London Hospital).Goodman's Fields (River Thames).
Nil.209439Males - 586
Females - 386

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.

Name of Institution.No. of Deaths.Name of Institution.No. of Deaths.
Asylums' Board Hospitals—Brought forward123
Hospital Ship 'Castalia'IGerman Hospital13
Homerton Fever Hospital27Grove Hall Asylum1
North-Eastern do.13Hand-in-Hand Asylum2
North-Western do.7Islington Infirmary2
South-Eastern do.3Jewish Home, Stepney Green1
Cane Hill Asylum3Jews' Hospital2
Colney Hatch do.8Metropolitan Hospital4
Darenth do.1Middlesex Hospital2
Hanwell do.2Mile-End-Old-Town Infirmary2
Ilford do.12Northampton Street, Bethnal Green1
Leavesden do.8
Brompton Hospital2St. Bartholomew's Hospital17
Brownslow Road, No. 341St. Elizabeth's Hospital1
Bethnal House Asylum2St. Palagia's Creche1
Charing Cross Hospital2South Grove Workhouse*55
Children's Hospital, Gt. Ormond street3Station Hospital, Rochester row2
Strand Infirmary1
Children's Hospital, Shadwell13University College Hospital2
City of London Asylum5
do. do. Chest Hospital7
French Hospital1
Friedenheim2
Carried forward123Total232

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*The Whitechapel Guardians have, at considerable cost, by the addition of new
buildings at South Grove, provided for the care of aged and infirm cases not requiring
active treatment. Special arrangements for Medical attendance are in operation, so
that the pressure upon the Infirmary has been relieved with advantage to the occupants
of both buildings,