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Outside the Borough 177 births were registered, 92 of males and 85 of females
the parents being residents of Shoreditch. In the Shoreditch Infirmary 144 births
were registered, of which G5 were of males and 79 of females. In three of these
(females) the parents did not belong to Shoreditch. In the Holborn Union Workhouse
there were 79 births, 45 of males and 34 of females. In 74 of these (43 male
and 31 female) the parents were not resident in the Borough.
Of the births registered as occurring in the Shoreditch Infirmary, 52 (23 male
and 29 female) were entered as being illegitimate. In the Holborn Workhouse, 42
(23 male and 19 female) were so returned. Elsewhere in the Borough there were
42 births (18 of males and 24 of females) which were illegitimate. In the case of
one of these—a female—the mother was not a resident in the Borough.
The birth-rate was 31.8 per 1,000 inhabitants as compared with 31.6 in 1910,
32-4 in 1909, 32.2 in 1908, 32.4 in 1907, 33.6 in 1906 and 34.2 in 1905. The birthrates
for the eight wards of Ihe Borough are contained in Table VI. (Appendix).
The birth-rate for the whole of England and Wales during 1911 was 24'4, for 77
great towns it was 25.6, and for 136 smaller towns it was 23.4 per 1,000 living. The
London birth-rate was 25.0 per 1,000 population.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907.
The births notified under the above Act numbered 3,228 as compared with
3,277 in 1910. Taking the number of births belonging to Shoreditch registered
during the year, the percentage of notifications was 92 as compared with 91 in
1910. The great majority of the births were notified by registered midwives.
There were in addition 158 births occurring in public institutions outside the
borough which were notified by the London County Council, lists of the same being
sent to me weekly. There is not much doubt therefore that the births not reported
were comparatively few.
MARRIAGES.
The marriages in Shoreditch during 1911 numbered 1,015 as compared with
1,025 in 1910, 967 in 1909, 972 in 1908, 1,109 in 1907, 1,074 in 1906, 1068 in 1905,
1066 in 1904, 1,146 in 1903, 1,156 in 1902 and 1,073 in 1901. The persons married
were at the rate of 18.4 per 1,000 population as compared with 18.0 in 1910 and
16.9 in 1909. The marriage rate for the Metropolis during 1911 was 17.7 per 1,000
population.
DEATHS.
The deaths during 1911 numbered 2,227 as compared with 1,913 in 1910, 2,189
in 1909, 2,006 in 1908, 2,365 in 1907, 2,289 in 1906, 2,296 in 1905 and 2,392 in 1904.