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Shoreditch 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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6.
I - STATISTICS AND GENERAL INFORMATION.
Area of Borough 662 acres
Population, Census 1951 44,871
Population, Registrar-General's estimate, mid-1958 3,330
Number of houses, including separately rated flats
(end of 1958 according to rate books) 1,791
Rateable Value 965,880
Sum represented by penny rate £3,859
A great variety of industries is carried on in the Borough's 1,187
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 300.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1958.
| Male | Female | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live births - Legitimate | 341 | 325 | 666 |
| — Illegitimate | 41 | 23 | 64 |
| Live birth rate per 1,000 population (crude rate) | 16.84 | ||
| Do. (adjusted for Area Comparability Factor 0.91) | 15.32 | ||
| Stillbirths | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| Stillbirths rate per 1,000 live and stillbirths | 26.66 | ||
| Total live and still-births | 389 | 361 | 750 |
| Infant deaths | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births - total | 20.55 | ||
| " " " - legitimate | 22.52 | ||
| " " " - illegitimate | – | ||
| Neo-Natal mortality rate per 1,000 live births | 15.07 | ||
| Illegitimate live births per cent of total live births. | |||
| Maternal deaths (including abortion) | 2 | ||
| Maternal mortality rate per 1,000 live and still-births | 2.66 | ||
| Deaths | 235 | 238 | 473 |
| Death rate per 1,000 population (crude rate) | 10.91 | ||
| Do. (adjusted for Area Comparability Factor 0.81) | 8.84 |