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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Shoreditch 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE I.
Vital Statistics of the Borough of Shoreditch during 1915 and previous Years.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the district. | Transferable Deaths | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected N umber. | Nett. | Number. | Rate. | of Nonresidents registered in the District. | of residents not registered in the District. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||
| Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 net Births. | Number. | Rate. | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1910 | 114935 | 3485 | 3595 | 31.6 | 1795 | 15.6 | 353 | 453 | 528 | 147 | 1913 | 16.8 |
| 1911 | 111285 | 3398 | 3497 | 31.8 | 2015 | 18.1 | 344 | 556 | 598 | 171 | 2227 | 20.2 |
| 1912 | 111067 | 3375 | 3529 | 32.1 | 1878 | 16.9 | 335 | 474 | 451 | 128 | 2017 | 18.3 |
| 1913 | 110410 | 3283 | 3393 | 31.1 | 1831 | 16.5 | 313 | 490 | 530 | 157 | 2008 | 18.4 |
| 1914 | 109690 | 3335 | 3470 | 32.0 | 1952 | 17.8 | 337 | 486 | 496 | 143 | 2101 | 19.4 |
| 1915 | 103627 | 2955 | 3091 | 30.2 | 1877 | 18.1 | 300 | 494 | 447 | 144 | 2071 | 20.2 |
Note.—The above table is arranged to show the gross births and deaths in the
Borough, and the births and deaths properly belonging to it with the corresponding
rates. The rates are calculated per 1,000 of the estimated gross population.
For columns 5 and 13 the population of the Holborn Union Workhouse has been
deducted in calculating the rates.
In column 6 are included the whole of the deaths except those of soldiers
and sailors in public institutions, which were registered during the year
as having actually occurred within the Borough. In column 12 is entered the
number in column 6 corrected by subtraction of the number in column 8 and by
the addition of the number in column 9. Deaths in column 10 have been similarly
corrected by subtraction of the deaths under 1 year included in the number given
in column 8 and by addition of the deaths under 1 year included in the number
given in column 9.
"Transferable Deaths" are deaths of persons who, having a fixed or usual
residence in England or Wales, die in a district other than that in which they
resided.
Area of Borough in acres
(exclusive of area
covered by water)
642.5
Total population at all ages,
111,390
Number or inhabited houses,
11,535
Average number of persons
per house
9.6
At Census
of 1911.