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contained in Tables I. and VI. and in those relating to the administration of the
Factory and Workshops Act, 1901 (see Appendix).
BIRTHS.
The births registered in the Borough numbered 2,361, of which 1,177 were of
males and 1,184 females. The number corrected by the inclusion of the births outside
Shoreditch, the parents being residents of the Borough, and the exclusion of those
occurring within the Borough, the parents not being resident in Shoreditch, was 2,627,
of which 1,300 were of males and 1,327 females.

Outside the Borough 286 births were registered, 137 of males and 149 of females,
the parents being residents of Shoreditch. Eleven births, six of males, occurred
within the Borough, the parents being non-resident. In the Shoreditch Institution
there were 277 births, 148 of males and 129 females. In ten of these the parents were
not residents of Shoreditch.
The illegitimate births numbered 82, of which 45 were males and 37 females.
Of these 44 (24 of males and 20 females) occurred in the Shoreditch Institution.
The birth-rate for the Borough was 24.6 per 1,000 population. The birth-rates
for the eight Wards of the Borough are given in Table VI. (Appendix).
The birth-rate for England and Wales was 18.3 and for London 18.0 per 1,000
population.
MARRIAGES.
The number for the year ended 31st December, 1925, was 936, as compared
with 979 in 1924, 873 in 1923, 959 in 1922, 976 in 1921 and 1,194 in 1920. The
persons married were at the rate of 17.5 per 1,000 population as compared with
17.2 for the Metropolis.