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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Shoreditch 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Sufficiency of supply of houses.—Information under this heading can best be given by quoting the following figures from the Census of 1921:—
| 1 Wards. | 2 Population. | 3 Area in Acres. | 4 Persons per Acre. | 5 Private Families. | 6 Population in Private Families. | 7 Structurally Separate Dwellings Occupicd. | 8 Rooms Occupied. | 9 Rooms per Person. | 10 Structurally Separate Dwellings per Acre. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorfields | 4,349 | 71 | 61 | 1,106 | 4,313 | 910 | 3,257 | 0.76 | 12.8 |
| Church | 17,153 | 105 | 163 | 4,207 | 16,928 | 2,506 | 10,338 | 0.61 | 23.9 |
| Hoxton | 16,686 | 79 | 211 | 4,307 | 16,507 | 2,297 | 10,310 | 0.62 | 29.0 |
| Wenlock | 16,287 | 96 | 170 | 3,793 | 15,097 | 1,619 | 9,536 | 0.63 | 16.5 |
| Whitmore | 16,761 | 81 | 207 | 3,939 | 15,793 | 1,955 | 9,693 | 0.61 | 24.1 |
| Kingsland | 10,484 | 72 | 146 | 2,550 | 10,448 | 1,377 | 7,103 | 0.68 | 19.1 |
| Haggerston | 10,381 | 68 | 153 | 2,329 | 10,300 | 1,436 | 6,599 | 0.64 | 21.1 |
| Acton | 12,147 | 86 | 141 | 3,142 | 12,108 | 1,627 | 8,980 | 0.74 | 18.9 |
| Shoreditch | 104,248 | 658 | 158 | 25,373 | 101,494 | 13,727 | 65,816 | 0.65 | 20.9 |
| London | 4,484,523 | 74,850 | 60 | 1,120,897 | 4,243,838 | 701,035 | 4,057,271 | 0.96 | 9.4 |
Notes on foregoing table.
Column 2.—According to the Registrar General's estimate there has been a fall in the Shoreditch population since the Census
amounting to approximately 4 per cent.
Column 4.—The density of the population per acre in Shoreditch is now estimated to be 150.
Columns 5 & 6.—Present-day estimate for Shoreditch is 4 per cent, less than Census figure.
Column 7.—The estimated number of the dwellings is now 13,700.
Column 10.—It is important to remember when considering figures in this column and in others in which reference is made to
dwellings, that there are a large number of factories, workshops and business premises in Shoreditch, and that these are not
included in figures here given. The proportion of these business premises is highest in Moorfields Ward.