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10.
DEATHS.
During 1953 the gross number of deaths registered in the borough
was 500.
The number of transferable deaths was as follows :-
Deaths of non-residents registered in Shoreditch, 78
Deaths of Shoreditch residents registered elsewhere, 193.
The number of deaths which must be debited to Shoreditch is accordingly
615 which gives a nett death rate of 13.96 per 1,000 population. In
connection with these deaths 23 inquests were held. The death rate for
England & Wales was 11.4 and for London 12.5. Altogether 434 or 70.5 per
cent of the people belonging to Shoreditch who died during the year, died
In public institutions.
The table on page 8 showing causes of deaths at all ages has been
supplied by the Registrar-General.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The deaths of infants under one year numbered 18 of which 11 were males.
These deaths amounted to 2.92 per cent of the total net Shoreditch deaths
from all causes as compared with 4.11 per cent in 1952. The infantile
mortality rate (death rate of infants under 1 year per 1,000 live births) for
Shoreditch was 22.08, the rate for England & Wales being 23.8 and for London
24.8. No illegitimate infants died.
The number of deaths of infants under 4 weeks of age registered during
the year was 10, which gives a neo-natal mortality rate of 12.27.