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From these figures it will be seen that, with the exceptions of Wenlock and
Whitmore Wards, where the populations have remained practically stationary, and
Acton, where there has been a decrease of approximately 0.7 per cent., marked
decreases have taken place in the populations between the Census of 1901 and that
of 1911. The decrease amounted to no less than 224 per cent. in Moorfields and
14.2 in Hoxton, while it was 7.5, 7 and 5.3 in Church, Kingsland and Haggerston
Wards respectively. Doubtless a very considerable proportion of the decreases in
Moorfields and Hoxton Wards has been due to the demolition of houses which were
occupied by persons of the working class to make way for the erection of warehouses,
factories and other business premises.
Based upon the revised Census figures, the estimated population of the Borough
for 1912 is 111,067, which includes 567 persons, ascertained to be newcomers into
the Borough during the year when the Sutton Dwellings came into occupation.

The estimated populations of the Registration Sub-Districts of the Borough are
as follows:—Shoreditch South, comprising Moorfields, Church and Hoxton Wards,
40,494; Shoreditcli North-West, comprising Wenlock and Whitmore Wards,
36,140, and Shoreditch North-East, which comprises Kingsland, Haggerston and
Acton Wards, 34,433.
Included in the population of the Wenlock Ward is that of the Holborn Union
Workhouse, which is situate in this Ward. The number on the night of the Census
1911 was 1,323. For certain statistical purposes this Workhouse population is not
regarded as belonging to Shoreditch, and is excluded from the estimated population
of the Borough, which becomes for these purposes therefore 109,739, whilst the
estimated population of the Ward is reduced to 16,004, and that of the Registration
Sub-District, Shoreditch North-West, to 34,712.