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Shoreditch 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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the whole, appeared in comfortable or fairly comfortable circumstances ; and B
including those occupied by people apparently in very poor circumstances.
Class A has been increased by the addition of the new blocks mentioned above.
Class B includes the same dwellings as in previous years.
The number of tenements, rooms, and persons in the dwellings estimated for the year 1908 are contained in the subjoined table : —
| Number of blocks. | Number of tenements. | Num ber of roi ms. | Number of pirsons | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class A | 33 | 1532 | 3966 | 6070 |
| Class B | 15 | 383 | 917 | 1780 |
| Total for the whole | 48 | 1915 | 4883 | 7850 |
The conditions associated with residence in the class A are, from a sanitary
point of view, superior to those in the class B dwellings.
The births registered during the year, and the birth-rates in the dwellings as a whole, and the two classes into which they have been divided are shown below : —
| The whole of the Dwellings. | Class A. | Class B. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Inhabitants. | N umber. | Rate per 1,003 Inhabitants. |
| 233 | 29.6 | 186 | 30.6 | 47 | 26.4 |
The proportion of deaths attributed to prematurity was 4.3 per 1,000
births, as compared with 12 in 1907, 12 in 1906, and 27.5 in 1905. In class A
the deaths from prematurity amounted to 5.4 per 1,000 births, whilst in class B
they were nil. For the whole Borough the deaths from prematurity amounted
to 16.6 per 1,000 births.
The infantile mortality for the whole of the dwellings was 103 per 1,000
births, as compared with 124 in 1907, 97 in 1906, and 140 in 1905. For the
class A dwellings it was 75, as compared with 99 in 1907, 84 in 1906, and 134
in 1905. For class B the mortality was 213, as compared with 207 in 1907,
133 in 1906, and 166 in 1905.