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Shoreditch 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH.
Vital Statistics of whole District during 1903 and previous Tears.
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Bibths. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages Belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Rate* | under one Year of Age | at all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1000 Births registered. | Number | Rate* | Number. | Rate. * | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1893 | 123520 | 4446 | 35.6 | 807 | 186 | 3198 | 26.1 | 862 | 436 | 384 | 3146 | 25.7 |
| 1894 | 123520 | 4332 | 34.6 | 704 | 166 | 2582 | 21.0 | 826 | 428 | 312 | 2466 | 20.1 |
| 1895 | 123190 | 4352 | 34.8 | 867 | 203 | 2968 | 24.3 | 813 | 434 | 326 | 2860 | 23.4 |
| 1896 | 122308 | 4364 | 36.0 | 786 | 183 | 2620 | 21.6 | 686 | 367 | 369 | 2622 | 21.6 |
| 1897 | 122058 | 4325 | 35.0 | 789 | 186 | 2662 | 21.8 | 783 | 392 | 356 | 2626 | 21.7 |
| 1898 | 121740 | 4281 | 35.1 | 846 | 199 | 2709 | 22.2 | 761 | 371 | 366 | 2704 | 22.4 |
| 1899 | 121530 | 4131 | 33.7 | 854 | 210 | 2982 | 24.5 | 905 | 429 | 358 | 2911 | 24.2 |
| 1900 | 121335 | 4023 | 32.9 | 741 | 187 | 2689 | 22.2 | 790 | 472 | 350 | 2576 | 21.4 |
| 1901 | 118550 | 4120 | 34.3 | 812 | 201 | 2652 | 22.6 | 883 | 427 | 365 | 2596 | 22.1 |
| 1902 | 117948 | 3992 | 33.3 | 704 | 181 | 2383 | 20.2 | 836 | 387 | 432 | 2441 | 20.9 |
| Averages for years 1893tol902 | 121569 | 4236 | 34.8 | 791 | 186 | 2744 | 22.5 | 814 | 414 | 361 | 2694 | 22.1 |
| 1903 | 117740 | 3932 ‡ | 33.3 | 676 | 176 | 1 2232 | 18.9 | 832 | 337 | 383 | 1 2280 | 19.6 § |
* Rates in (Jolumns 4, b, and Id calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
I Including the births in the Holborn Workhouse. § The population in the
Holborn Workhouse is excluded in calculating this rate.
Note.—The deaths included in column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered
during the year as having actually occurred within the district. The deaths included in
column 12 are the number in column 7, correoted by the subtraction of the number in
column 10 and the addition of the number in column 11 Daring 1903 nine persons not
resident in Shoreditch died wiihin the district, and 11 residents of Shoreditch died beyond
the district, but not in public institutions, these have to be added to the figures in columns
10 and 11 respectively in order to get the nett deaths.
By the term "non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of
sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there ; and by the term "residents"
is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on 3-
The "public institutions" taken into account for the purposes of those Tables are
those into which persons are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity, such as
hospitals, workhouses and lunatic asylums. A list of the institutions in respect of the
deaths in which corrections have been made are given on pages 6 and 7 of the Report.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area ) covered by water) 642.50
Total population at all ages, 118,637
Number of inhabited houses, 12,743
Average number of persons per house 9.3} At Census of 1901.