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Shoreditch 1894

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch for the year 1894

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TABLE II.

Parish and Sub-Districts.Population.Houses.Area it StatutaAcre
Males.Females.Total.Inhabited.Uninhabited.Building.
1881.1891.1881.1891.1881.1891.1881.1891.1881.1891.1881.1891.
St. Leonard, Shoreditch61,68560,79964,90663,219126,591124,00915,15613,7861,0341,5238361648
Shoreditch, South11,1029,99611,24110,10222,34320,0983,1212,1645498354015141
Hoxton, New Town14,50814,34015,42914,97329,93729,3133,1593,1021923092212132
Hoxton, Old Town13,53113,83114,50514,52328,03628,3543 2963,11611713519117
Haggerston22,54122,62323,73123,62146,27546,2445,5805,3861702442025258

Table III., which is also obtained from the census returns of 1891 gives the population, male and female, and the numbers of houses inhabited, uninhabited, and building in the two parliamentary divisions of the parish.

TABLE III.

Parliamentary Division.Population.Houses.Area in Statute Acres.
Males.Females.Total.Inhabited.Uninhabited.Building.
1. Hoxton Division33,25634,39567,6517,1221,22837648
2. Haggerston Division27,63128,82456,3586,64629524
Total60,79064,219124,00913,7081,52361

BIRTHS.
The number of children registered as born in the parish was 4,332, comprising
2,221 boys and 2,111 girls. The births were distributed thus:—

TABLE IV.

Sub-District.Males.Females.Total.
Shoreditch South284240524
Hoxton New Town5935401,133
Hoxton Old Town512472984
Haggerston8328591,691
Total2,2212,1114,332