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I.—STATISTICS AND GENERAL INFORMATION.
STATISTICS.
Area: 662 acres. Population—Census 1931, 97,038; RegistrarGeneral's
estimate mid-1932—95,800. Number of structurally separate dwellings
1931 Census—14,115. Number of houses (end of 1932) according to
Rate Books, 14,254. Number of families and separate occupiers, 1931
Census—25,156. Rateable value, £840,000. Sum represented by penny
rate, £3,500. The length of public streets in the Borough is 43 miles.
Briefly, Shoreditch is a densely populated (average 145 to the acre) area
containing approximately 14,000 structurally separate dwellings and 3,000
business premises.
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—600 may be given as a round number. Particulars
regarding home work will be found in Section IV of this report, page
72.

Still births Rate per 1,000 total births 35.7
General Death Rate 12.3
Percentage of total deaths occurring in Public Institutions 69.3
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth—
From Sepsis 1
„ other causes 4
Death rate of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live
births: —
Legitimate, 77. Illegitimate, 143. Total, 80.
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 60
„ Whooping Cough (all ages) 4
„ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 26
„ Pulmonary Tuberculosis 88
„ all forms of Tuberculosis 101
Death rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 0.92
Tuberculosis Death Rate 1.05