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Shoreditch 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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II.—POPULATION, BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
The Registrar-General's estimate for the mid-year 1937 population was 82,240.
This figure is used for statistical purposes throughout this Report.
The population in the various wards of the Borough is estimated as follows:—

Table No. 8

Ward.Population.Area in acres.*Density per acre.
Moorfields3,3327147
Church13,899105132
Hoxton13,47279170
Wenlock13,29596138
Whitmore12,68581157
Kingsland8,11072113
Haggerston8,36768123
Acton9,08086106

*Exclusive of water, if any.
The density of the population in the Borough as a whole is 124 persons per acre.
Further information upon the subject of the population, area, number of
inhabited houses and rateable value are contained on pages 13 and 14.
BIRTHS
The numbers of live births registered in the Borough during the calendar year
1937 are given in the following table:—