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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 2,528, of which 1,309
were of males and 1,219 of females.

Outside the Borough 205 births were registered, 112 of males and 93 of females,
the parents being residents of Shoreditch. In the Shoreditch Institution 247 births
occurred, of which 126 were of males and 121 of females. In 13 of these (3 of males
and 10 of females) the parents did not belong to Shoreditch. There were no births
in the Holborn Institution during the year. The maternity wards of this institution
were closed during 1921, other arrangements for dealing elsewhere with maternity
cases having been made.
Of the births in the Shoreditch Institution, 30, of which 18 were male, were
illegitimate. Elsewhere belonging to Shoreditch there were 27 births, 11 of males,
which were illegitimate.
The birth-rate was 23.9 per 1,000 inhabitants. The birth-rates for the eight
wards of the Borough are given in Table VI. (Appendix). Compared with the
rate for 1923 a very marked drop is observable, the decrease amounting to approximately
11 per cent.
The births in England and Wales were at the rate of 18.8 per 1,000 total
population ; for London the birth-rate was 18.7 per 1,000 population.
MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages in Shoreditch for the year ended 31st December, 1924,
was 979, as compared with 873 in 1923, 959 in 1922, 976 in 1921, and 1,194 in 1920.
The persons married were at the rate of 18.5 per 1,000 population, as compared with
17.3 for the Metropolis,