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Whitechapel 1898
[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.
„ 1896, 78,676.
Census of Public Institutions
On the Night of December 31st, 1898.
The London Hospital—Patients 631
„ „ Officers 396
Total 1027
The Whitechapel Union Infirmary—Patients 568
„ „ „ Officers 58
Total 626