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BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH.
The Vestry of the Parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch,
IN THE COUNTY OP LONDON.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Public Health Department,
January, 1898.
To the Vestry of the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit my report on the public health, sanitary condition,
and vital statistics of the parish, for the year ending December 31st, 1897. Effort
has been made as far as possible to proceed on the same lines as adopted in previous
annual reports.
POPULATION.
Shoreditch has, according to the census returns, a decreasing population. The
decrease between the years 1861 and 1896 amounts to 7,006. The diminution is due
very largely to the exodus of people from the southern portion of the parish, owing to
the extensive demolition of dwellings, and the sweeping away of numerous crowded
ani insanitary courts and alleys to make room for large warehouses, factories,
workshops, and business premises. The population of the northern portion of the
parish has increased during this period, and especially so, is this the case, with regard
to the Haggerston Registration District, the population in that district being 6,693
more in 1896 than it was in 1861.
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