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I.—STATISTICS AND GENERAL INFORMATION.
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Area: 662 acres. Population—Census 1921, 104,248; Registrar-General's
estimate 1929—99,710. Number of inhabitated houses, T921—13,727. Number of
houses (end of 1930) according to Rate Books, 14,183. Number of families and
separate occupiers, 1921—25,373. Rateable value, £762,879. Sum represented by
penny rate £3,083.
Some account of the social and economic conditions prevailing in the Borough
will be found in Section VI of this report. Briefly, Shoreditch is a densely populated
(average 150 to the acre) area containing approximately 14,000 structurally separate
dwellings and 3,000 business premises. The length of public streets in the Borough
is 43 miles.
A great variety of industries are carried on in these business premises. Furniture
making is one of the most common of these, and one which is by tradition firmly
established in the Borough. The number of home workers cannot be stated with
accuracy, as there is necessarily some overlapping in lists received from employers—
700 may be given as a round number. Particulars regarding home work will be
found in Section IV of this report, page 58.
Unemployment was, unhappily, prevalent throughout the year, and must be
considered one of the most harmful of the conditions that have had a prejudicial
effect upon health.

Still births Rate per 1,000 total births 18.7
Percentage of total deaths occurring in Public Institutions 67.5
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth—
From Sepsis 4
„ other causes 3
Death rate of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births:—
Legitimate 63. Illegitimate 108. Total 65.
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 49
„ Whooping Cough (all ages) 3
„ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 20
„ Pulmonary Tuberculosis 87
„ all forms of Tuberculosis 100
Death rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 0.9 %
1 uberculosis Death Rate 1.0%