[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch] page 6

Shoreditch 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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POPULATION.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the population of the Borough on 30th June
1928, is 101,200. This figure is 4,500 less than the corresponding figure for 1927 and
includes the inmates of the Holborn Institution in Wenlock Ward, numbering approximately
1,000, who are not regarded for statistical purposes as belonging to Shoreditch.

Table: For the purposes of this report 100,200 is the estimated population for the year under consideration. The population in the various Wards of the Borough is estimated as follows :—

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For the purposes of this report 100,200 is the estimated population for the year under consideration. The population in the various Wards of the Borough is estimated as follows :—

Ward.	Population.	Area in acres*	Density per acre.
Moorfields	3,990	71	56
Church	17,570	105	167
Hoxton	15,300	79	194
Wenlock	13,750	96	180
Whitmore	17,520	81	216
Kingsland	10,020	72	139
Haggerston	10,570	68	155
Acton	11,480	86	134

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The density of the population in the Borough as a whole is 151 per acre.
* Exclusive of water.
Further information upon the subject of the population, area, number of inhabited
houses, and rateable value are contained in the Tables on pages 2 and 51.

Table: BIRTHS.

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BIRTHS.

	Males.	Females.	Total.
Number registered in the Borough	891	863	1,754
Number registered outside Borough, parents bring residents of Shoreditch	188	165	353
Number of those registered in Borough, parents not being residents of Shoreditch	7	10	17
Corrected number of births	1,071	1,020	2,091

Table: The distribution of the corrected births and the birth rates in the eight Wards of Borough are given below:—

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The distribution of the corrected births and the birth rates in the eight Wards of Borough are given below:—

Ward.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Births per 1,000 Population.
Moorfields	33	41	74	18.6
Church	199	190	389	22.1
Hoxton	184	179	363	23.7
Wenlock	160	159	319	23.2
Whitmore	177	169	346	19.8
Kingsland	109	97	206	20.2
Haggerston	119	100	219	20.7
Acton	90	85	175	15.2
Totals	1,071	1,020	2,091	20.9

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Shoreditch 1928

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Table: For the purposes of this report 100,200 is the estimated population for the year under consideration. The population in the various Wards of the Borough is estimated as follows :—

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Table: BIRTHS.

Table: The distribution of the corrected births and the birth rates in the eight Wards of Borough are given below:—