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Shoreditch 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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

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

Ward.Males.Females.Total.Births per 1,000 Population.
Moorfields31306115.4
Church15015630618.4
Hoxton15612127717.2
Wenlock13312726016.5
Whitmore14812627417.1
Kingsland878817518.1
Haggerston888016816.8
Acton847916315.1
Totals8778071,68417.1

Table: Still Births.Numbers of still births registered in the above-named area during the calendar year 1931 : —

Still Births.

Numbers of still births registered in the above-named area during the calendar year 1931 : —

Total Legitimate and Illegitimate.Stillbirths registered.Inward Transfers.Outward Transfers.Stillbirths allocated to the Borough.
Males1612-28
Females218—29
Totals3720—57
Illegitimate. Males----
Females1-—1

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The birth rate for the Borough as a whole was 17.1. This is the lowest
birth rate so far recorded in the Borough, the previous record figure being
17.5 in 1918. In the intervening years the birth rate has not been below 20.
For England and Wales the birth rate was 158 and for London 15 0. The
illegitimate births numbered 49, of which 22 were males and 27 females. Of
these 15, of which 8 were males, occurred in St. Leonard's Hospital. The
illegitimate births amounted to 2 9 per cent for all births credited to the
Borough during the year.
The number of births occurring in St. Leonard's Hospital was 277:
150 males and 127 females. In 19 of these the parents were not Shoreditch
residents.
MARRIAGES.
The number of marriages during the year was 912, and the persons
married were at the rate of 18.56 per 1,000 population. The marriage rate
for the Metropolis was 18.8.