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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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TABLE I.
Vital Statistics of the Borough of Shoreditch during 1924 and previous years'
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths | Nett Deaihs belonging to the district. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | Number. | Rate. | of Nonresidents registered in the District. | of residents not regis tered in the District. | Under 1 year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||
| Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1915 | 103627 | 2955 | 3091 | 30.2* | 1877 | 18.1 | 300 | 494 | 447 | 144 | 2071 | 20.2 |
| 1916 | 99932 | 2833 | 2983 | 30.3* | 1687 | 16.2 | 290 | 444 | 369 | 124 | 1841 | 18.7 |
| 1917 | 89675 | 2056 | 2225 | 22.2 | 1789 | 19.9 | 260 | 461 | 352 | 158 | 1990 | 22.5 |
| 1918 | 87645 | 1514 | 1719 | 17.5 | 1990 | 22.7 | 317 | 435 | 286 | 166 | 2108 | 24.2 |
| 1919 | 98134 | 2136 | 2286 | 22.3 | 1362 | 13.8 | 224 | 399 | 251 | 110 | 1537 | 15.7 |
| 1920 | 102044 | 3546 | 3731 | 36.9 | 1450 | 14.2 | 245 | 378 | 340 | 91 | 1583 | 15.6 |
| 1921 | 105200 | 2798 | 2975 | 28.5 | 1393 | 13.3 | 264 | 369 | 341 | 114 | 1498 | 14.4 |
| 1922 | 105800 | 2645 | 2926 | 27.9 | 1508 | 142 | 204 | 408 | 301 | 102 | 1712 | 16.3 |
| 1923 | 106200 | 2552 | 2832 | 269 | 1191 | 11.2 | 191 | 370 | 232 | 82 | 1370 | 13.0 |
| 1924 | 106500 | 2336 | 2528 | 23.9 | 1309 | 12.3 | 232 | 367 | 221 | 87 | 1444 | 13.7 |
Note.—The above table is arranged to show the gross births and deaths in the
Borough, and the births and deaths properly belonging to it with the corresponding
rates. The rates are calculated per 1,000 of the estimated gross population. For
columns 5 and 13 the population of the Holborn Institution, estimated at 1000,
has been deducted in calculating the rates.
In column 6 are included the whole of the deaths except those of soldiers and
sailors in public institutions, which were registered during the year as having actually
occurred within the Borough. In column 12 is entered the number in column 6
corrected by subtraction of the number in column 8 and by the addition of the number
in column 9. Deaths in column 10 have been similarly corrected by subtraction of
the deaths under one year included in the number given in column 8 and by addition
of the deaths under one year included in the number given in column 9.
" Transferable Deaths " are deaths of persons who, having a fixed or usual
residence in England or Wales, die in a district other than that in which they resided.
Area of Borough in acres
(exclusive of area
covered by water).
642.5
Total population at all ages
Number of inhabited houses
Average number of persons per
house
104,308
11,889
8.8 ,
At Census
of 1921.
* The birth rates for 1915 and 1916, based upon the estimated population for 1914 and the
Registrar-General's estimate for 1916, were 28.5 and 27.4 per 1,000 respectively.