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Outside the Borough there were registered 173 births, 82 of males and 91 of
females, the parents being residents of Shoreditch. In the Shoreditch Infirmary 100
births occurred, of which 54 were of males and 46 of females; in 11 of these the
parents did not belong to Shoreditch. In the Holborn Workhouse there: were 89
births, of which 54 were of males and 35 of females; in 78 of these the parents
were not residents in Shoreditch. Of the births in the above institutions 93 were
illegitimate. Elsewhere in the Borough 42 illegitimate births were registered.
From information supplied by the Medical Officer of Health of the London
County Council, 804 of the births during 1907 belonging to Shoreditch were attended
by registered midwives, and of these 39 were hospital confinements.
The birth-rate for the Borough was 32.4 per 1,000 inhabitants, as compared with
33.6 in 1906 and 34.2 in 1905. The birth-rates for the eight wards of the Borough
are contained in Table VII. (Appendix). The births for the whole of England and
Wales during 1907 were at the rate of 26.3; for 76 great towns the rate was 27.0,
and for 142 smaller towns it was 25.7 per 1,000. The birth-rate of the Metropolis
was 25.8 per 1,000 inhabitants. The birth-rates are all lower than for 1906.
MARRIAGES.
The marriages in Shoreditch during the year 1907 numbered 1,109, as compared
with 1,074 in 1906, 1,068 in 1905, 1,066 in 1904, 1,146 in 1903, 1,156 in 1902,
1,073 in 1901 and 1,157 in 1900. The persons married were at the rate of 19.3
per 1,000 population, as compared with 17.0 for the whole of London.

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