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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 1933

[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.
Moorfields30427218.4
Church13413627016.6
Hoxton10912623515.6
Wenlock11213224416.4
Whitmore12813726518.9
Kingsland786113915.3
Haggerston756514014.3
Acton735612912.2
Totals7397551,49416.0

Table: Still Births.Numbers of still births registered in the above-named area during the calendar year 1933:—

Still Births.

Numbers of still births registered in the above-named area during the calendar year 1933:—

Total Legitimate and Illegitimate.Stillbirths registered.Inward Transfers.Outward Transfers.Stillbirths allocated to the Borough.
Males238-31
Females196124
Totals4214155
Illegitimate.
Males1--1
Females-1-1

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The birth rate for the Borough as a whole was 16.0. For England and
Wales the birth rate was 14.4 and for London 13.2. The illegitimate births
numbered 51, of which 32 were males and 19 females. Of these 19, of which
11 were males, occurred in St. Leonard's Hospital. The illegitimate births
B