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Shoreditch 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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The Meteorological Table for London, deduced from observations at Greenwich
under the superintendence of the Astronomer Royal, issued by the Registrar-General
for 1929, shows a rainfall for the year of 551 millimetres. This figure is 45 millimetres
below the average for the thirty-five years, 1881-1915.

Table: Vital Statistics of the Borough of Shoreditch during 1929and previous years.

Vital Statistics of the Borough of Shoreditch during 1929and previous years.

Year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Transferable Deaths.Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
Uncorrected Number.Nett.Number.Rate.of Nonresidents registered inthe District.ofUnder 1 year of Age.At all Ages.
N umber.Rate.residents not registered inthe District.N umber.Rateper 1,000 nett Births.Number.rate
12345678910111213
19201020443546373136.9145014.224537834091158315.6
1921105200 (Census)2798297528.5139313.3264369341114149814.4
19221058002645292627.9150814.2204408301102171216.3
19231062002552283226.9119111.219137023282137013.0
19241065002336252823.9130912.323236722187144413.7
19251073002361262724.6129812.125838123388142113.3
19261073002235251623.5118010.921733516766129812.2
19271057001870218820.9119411.2920934316374132812.7
19281012001754209120.9123212.319734616478138113.8
1929997101685200520.3143814.925440916883159316.1

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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 1,000,
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 reside.