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BIRTHS.
The births registered in the Borough numbered 2,645, of which 1,336 were of
males and 1,093 of females. The number, corrected by the inclusion of the births
occurring in public institutions outside Shoreditch, the parents being residents of
the Borough, and the exclusion of those occurring in public institutions within the
Borough, the parents not being residents of Shoreditch, was 2,926, of which 1,478
were of males and 1,448 of females.

Outside the Borough 292 births were registered, 14-7 of males and 145 of females,
the parents being residents of Shoreditch. In the Shoreditch Institution 255 births
occurred, of which 127 were of males and 128 of females. In 10 of these (5 of males
and 5 of females) the parents did not belong to Shoreditch. In the Holborn Institution
there was one female born whose parents were not resident in the Borough.
Of the births in the Shoreditch Institution, 47 (19 males and 28 females) were
illegitimate. Elsewhere belonging to the Borough there were 54 births, of which
26 were of males, which were illegitimate.
The birth-rate for the Borough was 27.9 per 1,000 population. The birthrates
for the eight wards of the Borough are given in Table VI. (Appendix).
The birth-rate for England and Wales was 20.6 and for London 21.0 per 1,000
population.
MARRIAGES.
During 1922 there were 959 marriages as compared with 976 in 1921 and
1,194 in 1920. The persons married were at the rate of 18.3 per 1,000 population
as compared with 18.4 for the metropolis.