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Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Town Hall,
Old Street, E.C.
January, 1916.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan Borough
of Shoreditch.
Sir and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my Report on the Health and Sanitary
Condition of the Borough of Shoreditch during the Year ending December 31st,
1915. All figures and references to the work of previous years have, as far as
practicable, been omitted, in accordance with a suggestion of the Local
Government Board.
POPULATION.
A very appreciable proportion of the male population of the Borough being
absent on war service during 1915 a material decrease has to be noted. The
estimate of the Registrar-General for the year is 103,627. This figure relates to the
civil population only and is adopted for the purposes of this report, except where
otherwise indicated.

The estimated populations of the Registration Sub-Districts of the Borough
are as follows;—Shoreditch South, comprising Moorfields, Church and Hoxton
Wards, 37,125; Shoreditch North-West, comprising Wenlock and Whitmore
Wards, 34.217; and Shoreditch North-East, which comprises Kingsland, Haggerston
and Acton Wards, 32,285,
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