View report page

The deaths of males were 175 in excess of those of females. The death-rate
for the year was 20.2 *per 1,000 inhabitants as compared with 168 in 1910, 19.2 in
1909, 17 5 in 1908, 20.6 in 1907, 19.8 in 1906, 19.8 in 1905, 20.6 in 1904, 19.6
in 1903, 20.9 in 1902 and 22.1 in 1901. The death-rate for 1911 was somewhat
above the average for the previous ten years
The London death-rate during 1911 was 15.8 per 1,000 population, for England
and Wales it was 14.6, for 77 great towns it was 16.4 and for 136 smaller towns it
was 14.4. As compared with the figures for 1910 there was a marked increase in
the death-rates.
In tables I, III, IV, V, and VI (Appendix) are given the causes of death and the
death-rates for the whole borough and for its eight wards, together with other particulars
as to the mortality amongst the inhabitants of Shoreditch during the year. Tables
I, III and IV are required by the Local Government Board and are modifications
of those given in former reports. The alterations have been made at the request of
the Board and have resulted from the Register-General's decision to publish from
the commencement of 1911 statistics of causes of death for administrative, instead
of, as hitherto, for registration (or poor law) areas. His statistics will in future
relate to the same areas as those for which statistics are compiled by Medical Officers
of Health. The alterations have been deemed necessary in order to minimise the
risk of serious discrepancy between the two sets of figures.
As compared with the figures for last year, marked elevations of the death-rates
are noticeable for all the Wards of the Borough. The rate was lowest in Moorfields
*Corrected for age and sex distribution the death-rate was 21.1 per 1,000 population.