Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE E.—CORRECT DISTRICT MORTALITY TABLE.
(Residents' Deaths, wherever registered, being correctly referred to their proper Sub-Districts.)
Sub-Kcgistration Districts. | Spitalfields. | Mile End New Town. | Goodman's Fields. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
First Quarter | 182 | 162 | 115 | 459 | |
Second ,, | 170 | 131 | 102 | 403 | |
Third „ | 132 | 136 | 96 | 364 | |
Fourth „ | 139 | 104 | 76 | 3J9 | |
Total | 623 | 533 | 389 | Males-889 | 1545 |
Females- 656 |
TABLE F.—SHOWING THE AGE AT DEATH OF THE RESIDENTS WHO DIED DURING 1900.
1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under the age of 1 year | 105 | 91 | 130 | 79 | 405 |
Between the ages of 1 an 1 5 years | 48 | 59 | 50 | 29 | 186 |
„ „ 5 „ 20 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 68 |
„ „ 20 ,, 40 „ | 63 | 53 | 51 | 43 | 210 |
„ „ 40 ,, 60 ,, | 115 | 102 | 68 | 87 | 372 |
„ „ 60 „ 80 ,, | 87 | 72 | 45 | 54 | 258 |
Over the age of 80 years | 17 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 46 |
Total | 459 | 403 | 364 | 319 | 1545 |
METROPOLITAN BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
TABLE G.—TOTAL BIRTHS AND DEATHS; ALSO DEATHS UNDER FIVE YEARS OF AGE.
Number of Births in London during the year 1900 | 130,868 | |
,, Deaths ,, ,, ,, | 86,010 | |
,, „ ,, under I year of age | 21,002 | 31,054 |
„ „ „ between the ages of 1 and 5 | 10,052 |