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DEATHS
During 1947 the gross number of deaths registered in the Borough was 610.
The transferable deaths were as follows:—
Deaths of non-residents registered in Shoreditch, 169.
Deaths of Shoreditch residents registered elsewhere, 220.
The number of deaths which must be debited to Shoreditch is accordingly 661,
which gives a nett death rate of 14.82 per 1,000 population. In connection with
these deaths 51 inquests were held. The death rate for England and Wales was
12.0, and for London 12.8. Altogether 480 or 72.6 per cent. of the people belonging
to Shoreditch who died during the year died in public institutions.
The table on page 10 showing causes of deaths at all ages has been supplied by
the Registrar-General.
INFANTILE MORTALITY
The deaths of infants under one year numbered 43, of which 23 were males and
20 females. These deaths amounted to 6.51 per cent. of the total net Shoreditch
deaths from all causes as compared with 5.21 per cent. in 1946. The infantile
mortality rate (death rate of infants under one year per 1,000 live births registered
during the year) was 41.19. The number of deaths of illegitimate infants was 3,
which gives a death rate of 47.62 per 1,000 illegitimate births. The main causes of
death in infants under one year of age were premature birth, congenital malformation,
etc., and pneumonia.