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I.—STATISTICS AND GENERAL INFORMATION
STATISTICS
Area—662 acres. Population, Census 1931—97,038 ; Registrar-General's
estimate mid-1937—82,240. Number of structurally separate dwellings, 1931
Census—14,115. Number of houses (end of 1937) according to rate books—13,983.
Number of families and separate occupiers, 1931 Census—25,156. Rateable value—
£800,117. Sum represented by penny rate—£3,133. The length of public streets in
the Borough is 43 miles.
Briefly, Shoreditch is a densely populated area—average density, 124 persons
per acre—containing approximately 14,000 structurally separate dwellings and
3,000 business premises.
A great variety of industries is 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,
but 500 may be given as a round number. Particulars regarding home work will be
found in Section IX of this report, page 132.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1937