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The proportion of single room tenenents was 24.8 per cent. as compared with 14-7
per cent. for all London. High though this proportion is, it is satisfactory to note
that it is less than in 1891. Nevertheless, the fact remains that the bulk of the population
of Shoreditch were found on the night of the census to be living in tenements
of less than five rooms, and over fifteen thousand persons were dwelling in one room
tenements. This fact should be borne in mind when considering statistics relating to
diseases and deaths.
The number of persons in Shoreditch in the middle of the year 1901, is estimated
at 118,550, distributed in the four Registration Sub-Districts as follows:—Shoreditch
South, 16,276; Hoxton New Town, 29,732; Hoxton Old Town, 26,480; and Haggerston,
46,062. In Hoxton New Town is situate the Holborn Union Workhouse, the
inmates of which are not persons belonging to Shoreditch; these averaged during the
year, 1,388. For certain statistical purposes they are not included in the Shoreditch
population, and the number of persons in the Hoxton New Town Registration SubDistrict
becomes therefore for these purposes 28,344, and the population for the whole
Borough 117,162.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered during the year 1901 was 4,120—2152 were male,
and 1,968 female. In the Shoreditch Infirmary there were 71 births—37 of males and
34 of females. Of these 26 were entered as legitimate, and 45 illegitimate. In the
Holborn Union Workhouse, there were 95 births, of which 60 were illegitimate. The
male births numbered 46, and the female 49.

Deducting the births in the Holborn Union Workhouse, as the mothers were not
persons belonging to Shoreditch, the birth-rate was 34.3 per 1,000 inhabitants, as
compared with 29.0 for the Metropolis. The births in Shoreditch were 1,420 in excess
of the deaths. A comparison of the birth-rates in the Registration Sub-Districts is
contained in table VI (see appendix). Since 1883 the birth-rate of Shoreditch has
been decreasing.
MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages registered in Shoreditch during the year 1901 was 1,073,
as compared with 1,157 in 1900 and 1,295 in 1899. The number of persons married
was at the rate of 18.2 per 1,000 inhabitants as compared with 17.1 per 1,000 for the
Metropolis.