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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Shoreditch 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Vital Statistics of whole District during 1908 and previous Years.
| Year | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institu. tions in thk District. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in PubMc Institutions in the District. | Deaths of residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Net Deaths at Belonging TO THE District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N umber | Rate* | Under one year of Age | at all Ages. | |||||||||
| Num. ber | Kate per 1,000 Birth:. regis. | N umber | Rate* | Number. | Rate* | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1C | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1898 | 121740 | 4 281 | 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 | 117918 | 3992 | 33.1 | 704 | 181 | 2383 | 20.2 | 836 | 387 | 432 | 2441 | 20.9 |
| 1903 | 117740 | 3932 | 333 | 676 | 176 | 2232 | 18.9 | 832 | 337 | 383 | 2280 | 19.6 |
| 1904 | 117360 | 3763 | 32 0 | 706 | 190 | 2315 | 19 6 | 811 | 366 | 434 | 2392 | 20.6 |
| 1906 | 11C 9 3 J | 3894 | 33.3 | 652 | 165 | 2234 | 191 | 867 | 391 | 451 | 2296 | 19.8 |
| 1906 | 116506 | 3802 | 32.6 | 651 | 168 | 2158 | 185 | 816 | 343 | 473 | 2289 | 19.8 |
| 1907 | 116073 | 3636 | 31.3 | 569 | 153 | 2195 | 189 | 912 | 350 | 516 | 2365 | 20.6 |
| Averages for years 1898tol907 | 118572 | 3957 | 331 | 721 | 183 | 2454 | 20.6 | 841 | 387 | 412 | 2485 | 21.1 |
| 1908 | 115642 | 3678‡ | 32.2§ | 510 | 138 | 2258 | 19.0 | 884 | 367 | 485 | 2006 | 17.5§ |
*Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 are calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
‡Total registered for the Borough, excluding the births in the Holborn
Workhonse.
§The population in the Holborn Workhouse is excluded in calculating these rates.
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, corrected by the subtraction of
the number in column 10 and the addition of the number in column 11. During
1908 eights persons not resident in Shoreditch died within the district, and 13
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.
net 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 account
of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
The “ public institutions ” taken into account for the purposes of these 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 is given on pages
8 and 9 of the report
Area of District in acres
(exclusive of area
covered by water)
642.5
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.