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Outside the Borough 188 births were registered—85 of males and 103 of females
—the parents being residents of Shoreditch. In the Shoreditch Infirmary 72
births were registered, of which 32 were of males and 40 of females. In five of
these (2 males and 3 females) the parents did not belong to Shoreditch. In the
Holborn Union Workhouse there were 48 births, 25 of males and 23 of females.
In 47 of these (25 males and 22 females) the parents were not resident in the
Borough.
Of the births registered as occurring in the Shoreditch Infirmary 34 (15 male
and 19 female) were entered as being illegitimate. In the Holborn Workhouse, 39
(19 male and 20 female) were so returned. Elsewhere in the Borough there
were 39 births (17 of males and 22 of females) which were illegitimate.
The birth-rate was 28-5 per 1,000 inhabitants. This rate is based upon the
estimated population for 1914. The birth-rates for the eight wards of the Borough
are contained in Table VI. (Appendix).
The birth-rate for England and Wales was 21'9, for 96 Great Towns, including
London, 22-8, for 148 smaller towns 21'6 and for London 22-6 per 1,000 population
as estimated for the year 1914.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907.
The births notified under the above Act numbered 2,748, being approximately
89 per cent, of the births belonging to Shoreditch registered during the year. The
notifications were in the majority of instances received from registered midwives.
In addition there were 204 births occurring in public institutions outside the
Borough, which were notified by the London County Council, lists of the same
being sent in weekly. Including these, the births notified were approximately
95 per cent, of the number of births registered during the year.
MARRIAGES.
During 1915 there were 1,528 marriages in Shoreditch, a number greatly
in excess of any yet recorded. The persons married were at the rate of 29'8 per
1,000 population, as compared with 25-7 for the Metropolis.
DEATHS.
The deaths during 1915 numbered 2,071, excluding those of all members
of the armed forces of this or other countries.
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