Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch for the year 1894
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Parish and Sub-Districts. | Population. | Houses. | Area it StatutaAcre | ||||||||||
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Males. | Females. | Total. | Inhabited. | Uninhabited. | Building. | ||||||||
1881. | 1891. | 1881. | 1891. | 1881. | 1891. | 1881. | 1891. | 1881. | 1891. | 1881. | 1891. | ||
141 | |||||||||||||
258 |
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 Division | 33,256 | 34,395 | 67,651 | 7,122 | 37 | 648 | |
2. Haggerston Division | 27,631 | 28,824 | 56,358 | 6,646 | 295 | 24 | |
Total | 60,790 | 64,219 | 124,009 | 13,708 | 1,523 |
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 South | 284 | 240 | 524 |
Hoxton New Town | 593 | 540 | 1,133 |
Hoxton Old Town | 512 | 472 | 984 |
Haggerston | 832 | 859 | 1,691 |
Total | 4,332 |