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Shoreditch 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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7.
I. - STATISTICS AND GENERAL INFORMATION.
Area - 662 acres. Population, Census 1931 - 97,038; RegistrarGeneral's
estimate, mid-1952 - 45,800. Number of structurally separate
dwellings, 1931 Census - 14,115. Number of houses (end of 1952)
according to rate books - 11,577 Rateable value- £626,929. Sum
represented by penny rate - £2,495.
A great variety of industries is carried on in the borough's 1,255
factories Furniture-making is one of the most common of these, and one
which is by tradition firmly established in the borough The number of
home workers notified under the Factories Act who are resident in the
borough is approximately 350

Table: EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1952.

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1952.

MaleFemaleTotalBirth rate
Live birthsLegitimate371401772
Illegitimate253257
39643382918 10
Still births » . 15. Rate per 1,000 total births17 77
General death rate (crude rate)12 20
Percentage of deaths occurring in public institutions65 8
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth -From sepsis Nil From other causesNil
Death rate of infants under one year of age, per 1,000 live birthsLegitimate . 27 20 Illegitimate 35 08. Total27 74
Nec-natal death rate per 1,000 live births.15 68
Deaths from measles (all ages)Nil
„ „ whooping cough (all ages)Nil
„ „ diarrhoea (under 2 years of age)1
„„ pulmonary tuberculosis13
„ „ All forms of tuberculosis14
Death rate from pulmonary tuberculosis0.28
„„„ all forms of tuberculosis0.30