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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 2,832, of which 1,418
were of males and 1,414 of females.

Outside the Borough 292 births were registered, 146 of males and 146 of females,
the parents being residents of Shoreditch. In the Shoreditch Institution 275 births
occurred, of which 135 were of males and 140 of females. In 10 of these (5 of males
and 5 of females) the parents did not belong to Shoreditch. In the Holborn Institution
there was one female born whose parents were not resident in the Borough, and
elsewhere in the Borough one male infant was born whose parents did not belong to
Shoreditch.
Of the births in the Shoreditch Institution, 29 (12 males and 17 females) were
illegitimate. Elsewhere belonging to the Borough there were 74 births, of which 34
were of males, which were illegitimate. The birth in the Holborn Institution also
was illegitimate.
The birth-rate for the Borough was 26.9 per 1,000 population. The birthrates
for the eight wards of the Borough are given in Table VI (Appendix).
The birth-rate for England and Wales was 19.7 and for London 20.2 per 1,000
population.
MARRIAGES.
During 1923 there were 873 marriages as compared with 959 in 1922, 976 in 1921,
and 1,194 in 1920. The persons married were at the rate of 16.6 per 1,000 population
as compared with 17.3 for the Metropolis.