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BIRTHS.
The births registered in the Borough numbered 2,235 of which 1,095 were of
males and 1,140 females. The number corrected by the inclusion of the births
outside Shoreditch, the parents being residents in the Borough and the exclusion of
those occurring within the Borough, the parents not being residents of Shoreditch,
was 2,516 of which 1,235 were of males and 1,281 females.

Outside the Borough 290 births were registered, the parents being residents of
Shoreditch. Of these 144 were of males and 146 females. Nine births, four of males,
occurred within the Borough, the parents being non-residents. In the Shoreditch
Institution there were 296 births, 151 of males and 145 females. In eight of these
the parents were not residents of Shoreditch.
The illegitimate births numbered 70, of which 34 were of males and 36 females.
Of these 31, of which 17 were of males, occurred in the Shoreditch Institution.
The birthrate for the Borough was 23.5 per 1,000 population. The birth-rates
for the Wards of the Borough are given in Table VI (Appendix).
The birth-rate for England and Wales was 17.8 per 1,000 population, and for
London 17.1, the lowest so far recorded for any year except the last year of the war.
MARRIAGES.
The number for the year ended 31st December, 1926, was 947, as compared
with 936 in 1925, 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 17.8 per 1,000 population as compared with
17.2 for the Metropolis,