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Shoreditch 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: In the following table are given the areas of the wards in acres, and the estimated populations per acre :—

In the following table are given the areas of the wards in acres, and the estimated populations per acre :—

Ward.Area in acres.Population per acre.Ward.Area in acres.Population per acre.
Moorfields7173Whitmore76237
Church106183Kinersland72150
Hoxton78219Haggerston66191
Wenlock90200Acton83148

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For the Borough as a whole the density of the population per acre is estimated
at 177. In estimating these figures the population and the area of the Holborn
Union Workhouse and also the Waterways of the Regents Canal have not been
taken into account.
BIRTHS.
The births registered in the Borough numbered 3,485, of which 1,767 were of
males and 1,718 of females. The number corrected by the inclusion of the births
occurring in public institutions outside Shoreditch, the parents being residents of
the Borough, and the exclusion of those occurring in public institutions within the
Borough, the parents not being residents of Shoreditch, was 3,575, of which 1,808
were of males and 1,767 of females.

Table: The distribution of the corrected births in the eight wards of the Borough is given below :—

The distribution of the corrected births in the eight wards of the Borough is given below :—

Ward.Males.Females.Total.
Moorfields5061111
Church334320654
Hoxton298258556
Wenlock249275524
Whitmore290302592
Kingsland194197391
Haggerston169185354
Acton224189413
Totals1,8081,7873,595

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Outside the Borough 192 births were registered, 93 of males and 99 of females,
the parents being residents of Shoreditch. In the Shoreditch Infirmary 154 births
were registered, of which 69 were of males and 85 of females. In six of these (three
of males and three of females) the parents did not belong to Shoreditch. In the
Holborn Union Workhouse there were 109 births, 53 of males and 56 of females.
In 96 of these (49 male and 47 female) the parents were not resident in the Borough.