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12.
DEATHS.
During 1950 the gross number of deaths registered in the Borough was 565.
The transferable deaths were as follows :-
Deaths of non-residents registered in Shoreditch, 178.
Deaths of Shoreditch residents registered elsewhere, 168.
The number of deaths which must be debited to Shoreditch is accordingly 555,
which gives a nett death rate of 12.38 per 1,000 population. In connection with
these deaths 17 inquests were held. The death rate for England and Wales was
11.6 and for London 11.8. Altogether 358 or 64.5 per cent. of the people belonging
to Shoreditch who died during the year died in public institutions.
The table on page 10 showing causes of deaths at all ages has been
supplied by the Registrar General.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The deaths of infants under one year numbered 24 of which 14 were males and
10 females. These deaths amounted to 4.32 per cent. of the total net Shoreditch
deaths from all causes as compared with 5.56 per cent. in 1949. The infantile
mortality rate (death rate of infants under one year per 1,000 live births
registered during the year) was 30.34. The number of deaths of illegitimate
infants was 1, which gives a death rate of 17.54 per 1,000 illegitimate births.
The main cause of death in infants under one year of age, was premature birth,of
which there were ten cases, including triplets and two sets of twins.