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Shoreditch 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch.
ANNUAL REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFICER of HEALTH.
Health Department,
Town Hall,
Old Street, E.C.
January, 1908.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch.
Sir and Gentlemen,
This report deals with the public health, sanitary condition and vital statistics
of the Borough of Shoreditch for the year ending December 31st, 1907.
POPULATION.
The number of inhabitants is estimated at 116,073, as compared with 116,506
for 1906, 116,939 for 1905, 117,360 for 1904, and 117,740 for 1903. The estimated
populations in the registration sub-districts are as follows:—Shoreditch South, comprising
Moorfields, Church, and Hoxton Wards, 43,022; Shoreditch North-West,
comprising Wenlock and Whitmore Wards, 37,141 ; and Shoreditch North-East,
comprising Kingsland, Haggerston and Acton Wards, 35,910.

Table: The estimated populations in the eight wards of the Borough are as follows: —

The estimated populations in the eight wards of the Borough are as follows: —

Ward.Population.Ward,Population.
Moorfields5,531Whitmore18,279
Church19,743Kingsland11,095
Hoxton17,748Haggerston12,454
Wenlock18,862Acton12,361

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The population of Wenlock Ward includes that of the Holborn Union
Workhouse, situate in this locality, which is estimated at 1,373. For certain
statistical purposes the inmates of the Holborn Union Workhouse are not regarded
as persons belonging to Shoreditch, and are for these purposes excluded in estimating
the population of the Borough, which therefore becomes 114,700, whilst that of
the ward is reduced to 17,489.
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