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Whitechapel 1899
[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, 1899 :—
The London Hospital—Patients ... ... 592
„ „ Officers ... ... 393
Total ... 985
The Whitechapel Union Infirmary—Patients 616
„ „ „ Officers 56
Total ... 672