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11.
DEATHS.
During 1949 the gross number of deaths registered in the Borough was 552.
The transferable deaths were as follows :-
Deaths of non-residents registered in Shoreditch, 171.
Deaths of Shoreditch residents registered elsewhere, 212.
The number of deaths which must be debited to Shoreditch is accordingly
593, which gives a nett death rate of 13.11 per 1,000 population. In
connection with these deaths 28 inquests were held. The death rate for
England and Wales was 11.7 and for London 12.2 Altogether 407 or 68.6 per
cent. of the people belonging to Shoreditch who died during the year died in
public institutions.
The table on page 9 showing causes of deaths at all ages has been
supplied by the Registrar General.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The deaths of infants under one year numbered 33 of which 16 were males
and 17 females. These deaths amounted to 5.56 per cent. of the total net
Shoreditch deaths from all causes as compared with 3.96 per cent. in 1948. The
infantile mortality rate (death rate of infants under one year per 1,000 live
births registered during the year) was 38.19. The number of deaths of
illegitimate infants was 1,which gives a death rate of 19.23 per 1,000
illegitimate births . The main causes of death in infants under one year of
age were premature birth and congenital malformation.