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12.
DEATHS.
During 1951 the gross number of deaths registered in the Borough was 586
The transferable deaths were as follows .1
Deaths of non-residents registered in Shoreditch, 179.
Deaths of Shoreditch residents registered elsewhere, 195
The number of deaths which must be debited to Shoreditch is accordingly 602
which gives a nett death rate of 13.37 per 1,000 population. In connection with
these deaths 18 inquests were held. The death rate for England and Wales was 12.5
and for London 13.1. Altogether 347 or 57.6 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 13, of which 7 were males.
These deaths amounted to 2.16 per cent of the total net Shoreditch deaths from
all causes as compared with 4 32 per cent in 1950. The infantile mortality rate
(death rate of infants under 1 year per 1,000 lire births) for Shoreditch was
15.66, the rate for England & Wales being 29.6 and for London 26.4. No
illegitimate infants died.
The number of deaths of infants under 4 weeks of age registered during the
year was 6, which gives a neo-natal mortality rate of 7.23.