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Shoreditch 1934

[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.
Moorfields28245214.2
Church12414026417.2
Hoxton1328721914.8
Wenlock12011023015.7
Whitmore12611524117.2
Kingsland866114716.5
Haggerston777014716.0
Acton886815615.6
Totals7816751,45616.1

Table: Still Births.The numbers of still births registered in the Borough during the calendar year 934 are given in the following table:—

Still Births.

The numbers of still births registered in the Borough during the calendar year 934 are given in the following table:—

Total Legitimate and Illegitimate.Stillbirths registered.Inward Transfers.Outward Transfers.Stillbirths allocated to the Borough.
Males194—23
Females177—24
Totals3611—47
Illegitimate. Males1——1
Females4——4

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The birth rate for the Borough as a whole was 16.1. For England and Wales
the birth rate was 14.8 and for London 13.2. The illegitimate births numbered 54,
of which 34 were males and 20 females. Of these 14, nine of which were males,
occurred in St. Leonard's Hospital. The illegitimate births therefore represented
3.7 per cent. of all the births in the Borough during the year.
The number of births which occurred in St. Leonard's Hospital was 435 :
228 males and 207 females. In 65 of these the parents were not Shoreditch residents.
The birth rate for 1934 is the second lowest which has so far been recorded in the
Borough. Last year the rate was 16.0. Although the increase is very small, it is
nevertheless more welcome than would have been a further decline. Examination
of the table showing the birth rate in Wards shows that there was no particular
" black spot " in the Borough. The lowest rate of 14.2 was recorded in the Moorfields
Ward, but this figure is based on a much smaller total population than is the case
in the other Wards.