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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: Table No. 9

Table No. 9

Total Live Births (legitimate and illegitimate).Live births registered (excluding re-registration).Inward transfers.Outward transfers.Live births allocated to the Borough.
Males57611466624
Females56212185598
Totals1,1382351511,222
Illegitimate live births:
Males233620
Females265427
Totals4981047

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The distribution of the corrected births and the birth rates in the eight wards
of the Borough are given below:—

Table: Table No. 10

Table No. 10

Ward.Males.Females.Total.Births per 1,000 population.
Moorfields21183911.7
Church12811023817.1
Hoxton879418113.4
Wenlock939919214.4
Whitmore1029920115.8
Kingsland576312014.8
Haggerston746814217.0
Acton624710912.0
Totals6245981,22214.9