Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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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. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Males | 576 | 114 | 66 | 624 |
Females | 562 | 121 | 85 | 598 |
Totals | 1,138 | 235 | 151 | 1,222 |
Illegitimate live births: | ||||
Males | 23 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
Females | 26 | 5 | 4 | 27 |
Totals | 49 | 8 | 10 | 47 |
The distribution of the corrected births and the birth rates in the eight wards
of the Borough are given below:—
Table No. 10
Ward. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Births per 1,000 population. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Moorfields | 21 | 18 | 39 | 11.7 |
Church | 128 | 110 | 238 | 17.1 |
Hoxton | 87 | 94 | 181 | 13.4 |
Wenlock | 93 | 99 | 192 | 14.4 |
Whitmore | 102 | 99 | 201 | 15.8 |
Kingsland | 57 | 63 | 120 | 14.8 |
Haggerston | 74 | 68 | 142 | 17.0 |
Acton | 62 | 47 | 109 | 12.0 |
Totals | 624 | 598 | 1,222 | 14.9 |