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Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Town Hall,
Old Street, E.C. 2,
January, 1926.
To the MAYOR, ALDERMEN and COUNCILLORS
of the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch.
Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit the following report for the year ending 31st
December, 1925, upon the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of
Shoreditch. As far as practicable this report has been compiled on lines similar to
those of previous reports, due allowance being made for the instructions of the
Minister of Health as laid down in the circular issued at the end of the year under
consideration.
POPULATION.
The Registrar-General's estimate as at 30th June, 1925, is 107,300. This figure
is based upon the adjusted census population of 1921, after allowance for the natural
increase of births over deaths and for migration as indicated from such sources of
information as the changes in the numbers on the Electoral Register and the returns
obtained by the Board of Trade. The above estimate includes the population in
the Holborn Institution, numbering approximately 900, who are not regarded as
belonging to Shoreditch. Excluding these, 106,400 is the number of inhabitants
taken into account for the statistical purposes of this report. Further information
upon the subject of the population and the principal industries of the Borough are