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The birth-rate for the Borough was 34.2 per 1,000 inhabitants. The birth-rate for
the several wards are contained in table VII. (appendix). The births for the whole
of England and Wales during 1905 were at the rate of 27.2 per 1,000 population;
for rural England and Wales 26.3; for 76 great towns, 28.2; and for 141 smaller
towns the rate was 26.9 per 1,000 population. The birth-rate of the metropolis was
27.1 per 1,000 inhabitants.
MARRIAGES.
The marriages in Shoreditch during 1905 numbered 1,068, as compared with
1,066 in 1904, 1,146 in 1903, 1,156 in 1902, 1,073 in 1901, 1,157 in 1900, and 1,295
in 1899. The number of persons married was at the rate of 18.4 per 1,000, as compared
with 16.9 for the whole of London.
DEATHS.

The deaths of males were 162 in excess of those of females. The Shoreditch deathrate
for 1905 was 19.8* per 1,000 inhabitants, as compared with 20.6 in 1904 and 19.6 in
1903. The rate was markedly below the average for the previous ten years. The London
death-rate for 1905 was 15.1, that of England and Wales 15.2, rural England and
Wales 14.9, 76 great towns 15.7, and that of 141 smaller towns 14.4 per 1.000 inhabitants.
*Corrected for age and sex distribution, the death-rate was 20.7 per 1.000.