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Shoreditch 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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AVERAGED TABULATED STATISTICS IN FIVE YEAR PERIODS
| Years | Population | Density per acre | Persons per hereditament | Births | Birthrate (per 1,000 pop.) | Deaths | Death rate (per 1,000 pop.) | Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) | T.B. notification rate (all forms) (perl ,000 pop.) | T.B. death rate (all forms) (perl,000 pop.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893.1897 | 121,749 | 188 | . | 4,266 | 35.0 | 2,744 | 22.5 | 185 | 2.9 | |
| 1898.1902 | 118,835 | 185 | . | 4,029 | 33.8 | 2,646 | 22.3 | 196 | 2.8 | |
| 1903.1907 | 115,549 | 180 | . | 3,810 | 32.1 | 2,324 | 20.1 | 170 | 3.0 | |
| 1908.1912 | 112,305 | 167 | . | 3,594 | 320 | 2,070 | 18.5 | 144 | 2.4 | |
| 1913.1917 | 101,341 | 156 | . | 3,032 | 29.9 | 2,002 | 19.8 | 145 | 6.3 | 2.9 |
| 1918.1922 | 98,913 | 153 | 2,727 | 27.6 | 1,667 | 16 9 | 117 | 3.8 | 20 | |
| 1923.1927 | 105,640 | 164 | . | 2,538 | 240 | 1,372 | 130 | 79 | 2.5 | 1.4 |
| 1928.1932 1933.1937 | 98,336 88,044 | 149 133 | 6.6 | 1,888 1,347 | 19.2 15.3 | 1,318 1,104 | 13.4 12.5 | 76 68 | 2.2 1.7 | M 0.9 |
| 1938.1942 | 57,198 | 86 | 4.7 | 897 | 15.7 | 933 | 16.5* | 52 | 1.8* | 1.2* |
| 1941 | 36,360 | 55 | 3.6 | 634 | 17.4 | 879 | 24.2 | 63 | 30 | 2.2 |
| 1942 | 34,900 | 53 | 3.6 | 642 | 18.4 | 611 | 17.5 | 51 | 2.2 | 14 |
| 1943 | 35,460 | 54 | 3.7 | 671 | 18.9 | 566 | 15 7 | 46 | 2.7 | 1.5 |
| 1944 | 35,390 | 53 | 3.8 | 663 | 18 7 | 584 | 16.5 | 36 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
* These rates are based on an average population figure for deaths of 56,324
*T.S. 12 45 150
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ABRIDGED REPORT
ON THE
HEALTH AND SANITARY CONDITION
OF THE
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH
IN THE COUNTY OF LONDON
FOR THE YEAR 1944
BY
EVELYN C. McGREGOR, M.B..Ch.B., D.P.H.,
Acting Medical Officer of Health