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Shoreditch 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch.
ANNUAL REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFICER of HEALTH.
Health Department,
Town Hall,
Old Street, E.C.
January, 1907.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch.
Sir and Gentlemen,
This report deals with the public health, sanitary condition and vital statistics of
the Borough of Shoreditch during the year ending December 31st, 1906.
POPULATION.
The number of persons in the Borough is estimated for the year under consideration
at 116,506, as compared with 116,939 for 1905, 117,360 for 1904, 117,740 for
1903, and 117,948 for 1902. The estimated populations in the registration sub-districts
are as follows: Shoreditch South, comprising Moorfields, Church and Hoxton
Wards 43,586, Shoreditch North-West, comprising Wenlock and Whitmore Wards
36,972, and Shoreditch North-East, comprising Kingsland', Haggerston and Acton
Wards, 35,948.

The estimated populations in the eight wards of the Borough are as follows:

Ward.Population.Ward.Population.
Moorfields5,681Whitmore18,370
Church19,923Kingsland11,188
Hoxton17,982Haggerston12,384
Wenlock18,602Acton12,376