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Shoreditch 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: Comparative vital statistics of the Borough during recent years are given in the following table :-

Comparative vital statistics of the Borough during recent years are given in the following table :-

YearPopu-lation estimated to middle of each yearBirthsTotal Deaths Registered in the DistrictTransferable deathsNett deaths belonging to the District
Uncorrected NumberNettNumberRateof Nonresidents registered in the DistrictOf residents not registered in the DistrictUnder lyeer of ageAt all ages
NumberRate per 1,000 nett BirthsNumberRate
NunborRate
19453676026269719.072219.6156193273960316.4
19464260048699523.62414.6174164323261414.4
194744610471104423.261013.7169220434166114.8
19484496038585319.051111.4158177212553011.8
19494520035186419.155212.2171212333859313.1
19504480028579117.756512.6178168243055512.4
19514501027883018.458613.0179195131660213.4
19524580024682918.151711.3172214232855912.2
19534577021381515.750010.978193182261513.9
19544596021276514.647210.381169172356012.7
19554548018476114.752811.6110167152058513.4
19564452020072614.56099.8101180121668811.3

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GENERAL INFORMATION.
Shoreditch is a district of irregular shape, of which the two longest diameters
measure approximately one-and-a-half miles. Its boundaries are as follows:Hackney,
N. and N.E.; Bethnal Green, E,; Stepney, S.E.; City, S.; Finsbury, W.;
Islington, N. and N.W. The average height of the Borough above sea-level is 60 feet.
The subsoil of the Borough is London clay with many pockets of gravel. Some areas
aro covered to a depth of throe feet with a good quality sandy gravel on this subsoil.
House Refuse. - The removal of house refuse is under the administrative control of
the Cleansing and Transport Superintendent.
Hospitals, - Within the Borough:
St.Matthew's Hospital, Shepherdess Walk, N.1.
St.Leonard's Hospital, Nuttall Street, N.l,
Ambulance Facilities, - Ambulances are provided by the London County Council,
Venereal Diseases. - Posters and notices are displayed at the conveniences in the
Borough, drawing attention to the facilities available at local Hospitals.
Public Mortuary - In view of the reorganisation of the work of County Coroners and
Coroners' Districts which placed Bethnal Green and Shoreditch into the Northern District
and Poplar into the Southern District, the joint mortuary service of these boroughs was
discontinued from 1st April, 1956. As the Coroner for the Northern District proposed
to move bodies from Shoreditch into Hackney mortuary, an arrangement was entered into
with Hackney Borough Council for the use of their mortuary from 1st April, 1956,