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I.—STATISTICS AND GENERAL INFORMATION.
STATISTICS.
Area—662 acres. Population, Census 1931—97,038 ; Registrar-General's
estimate mid-1936—85,400. Number of structurally separate dwellings, 1931
Census—14,115. Number of houses (end of 1936) according to rate books—13,990.
Number of families and separate occupiers, 1931 Census—25,156. Rateable value—
£814,519. Sum represented by penny rate—£3,001. The length of public streets in
the Borough is 43 miles.
Briefly, Shoreditch is a densely populated area—average density, 129 persons
per acre—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, 500 may be given as a round number. Particulars regarding home work
will be found in Section IX of this report, page 145.

Death rate of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births—
Legitimate, 72. Illegitimate, 139. Total, 75.