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of births recorded in the same table bears further testimony.
Assuming the population to be the same during
the two years, that is, 125,000, we find that in 1855 one
person in every 41 died, whilst in 1856 only one person
in 45 died. Expressed in other terms the mortality in
1855 amounted to 24 per 1000, and in 1856 to 21 per
1000. The value of this term will be more exactly appreciated
by recalling to mind that Dr. Farr has shewn the
natural death-rate to be 17 per 1000. The death-rate
for all London during 1855 was about 24 per 1000, so
that Shoreditch in that year reached the full metropolitan
average. In 1856, the London rate was about
23 per 1000, so that in this year, the Shoreditch-rate
was below the metropolitan average. It is still however
greatly in excess of the normal standard.
The figures in the Tables include the deaths in St.
Luke's Workhouse. These it maybe urged ought to be
eliminated. 1 find however for the two years under
consideration, that their retention conduces practically
to statistical accuracy. Shoreditch does not comprise
within its Registration Sub-districts a single General
Hospital or Prison. It cannot be doubted however that
it furnishes an average contingent to the institutions of
this nature situated in other parts of the metropolis.
Taking the population of Shoreditch to be one-twentieth
that of the metropolis, an equal proportion of the deaths
in the Hospitals and Prisons must be assigned to
Shoreditch. Thus in 1856:—
The deaths in St. Luke's Workhouse were 180.
Deaths in Hospitals and Prisons 3552/20= 177.