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Shoreditch 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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BY
EVELYN C. McGREGOR, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H.,
Acting Medical Officer of Health
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 | 32.0 | 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 | 2.0 |
| 1923-1927 | 105,640 | 164 | - | 2,538 | 24.0 | 1,372 | 13.0 | 79 | 2.5 | 1.4 |
| 1928-1932 | 98,336 | 149 | - | 1,888 | 19.2 | 1,318 | 13.4 | 76 | 2.2 | 1.1 |
| 1933-1937 | 88,044 | 133 | 6.6 | 1,347 | 15.3 | 1,104 | 12.5 | 68 | 1.7 | 0.9 |
| 1938-1942 | 57,198 | 86 | 4.7 | 897 | 15.7 | 933 | 16.5 | 52 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| 1942 | 34,900 | 53 | 3.6 | 642 | 18.4 | 611 | 17.5 | 51 | 2.2 | 1.4 |
| 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 | 0.9 |
| 1945 | 36,760 | 56 | 4.0 | 697 | 18.9 | 603 | 16.4 | 39 | 2.1 | 1.1 |
| 1946 | 42,600 | 64 | 4.6 | 995 | 23.4 | 614 | 14.4 | 32 | 2.1 | 1.0 |
LIBRARY
AC 4363
ABRIDGED REPORT
ON THE
HEALTH AND SANITARY CONDITION
OF THE
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH
IN THE COUNTY OF LONDON
FOR THE YEAR 1946
*T.S. 9/47 I5C