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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1889
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1889
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TABLE II.
Hackney District.—
| In Year. | Birth Rate per 1000 of the Population. | Birth Rate per 1000 of the Population. | Corrected Death Bate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1000 of Registered Births. | Deaths of Children under 1 year, per 1000 of Total Deaths. | Deaths of Children under 5 years per 1000 of Total Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | Hackney | Hackney | London. | Hackney | London. | Hackney | Hackney | |
| 1889 | 30.7 | 27.3 | 13.6 | 17.5 | 107 | 141 | 213 | 369 |
| 1879 | 35.5 | 36 0 | 18.8 | 22.6 | 122 | 148 | 233 | 395 |
| 1880 | 353 | 35.1 | 18.3 | 21.7 | 142 | 158 | 273 | 477 |
| 1881 | 34.7 | 33.9 | 19.2 | 21.2 | 130 | 148 | 230 | 424 |
| 1882 | 342 | 32.9 | 17.9 | 21.3 | 119 | 162 | 219 | 414 |
| 1883 | 34.0 | 32.3 | 17.6 | 20.5 | 125 | 146 | 230 | 396 |
| 1884 | 33.7 | 30.8 | 18.0 | 20.5 | 124 | 168 | 238 | 408 |
| 1885 | 32.6 | 30.9 | 17.6 | 19.8 | 137 | 148 | 246 | 422 |
| 1886 | 32.4 | 30.4 | 17.0 | 19.9 | 143 | 159 | 258 | 418 |
| 1887 | 31.7 | 29.7 | 16.6 | 19.6 | 136 | 158 | 243 | 426 |
| 1888 | 30.7 | 27.8 | 15.5 | 18.5 | 125 | 154 | 225 | 409 |
| Average of 10 years, 1879. 88 | | 3 3.5 | 32.0 | 17.6 | 20.6 | 130 | 155 | 240 | 419 |
| means. | 35.9 | 34.7 | 19 6 | 22'5 | 142 | 158 | 247 | 392 |
| 1871—80 | ||||||||
| 1861—70 | 35.4 | 338 | 20.4 | 24.4 | 143 | 162 | — | — |
| 1851.60 | 33.6 | 31.8 | 19.1 | 23.7 | 128 | 155 | — | — |
The singular reduction in the birth-rate per 1,000
population in London generally and in Hackney still
continues, but this year to a lesser extent, as in 1889 it was
27.3 in Hackney, against 27.8 in 1888; 29.7 in 1887, and 30.4
in 1886, having fallen from 36.0 in 1879. In London the fall
has been less, but was still great, viz., from 35.5 in 1879 to
30.7 in 1888 and in 1889. As already mentioned, the death.
rate has also rapidly fallen from 18.8 in Hackney to 13.6; and
from 22 6 to 17.5 in all London, since 1879. The deaths
amongst infants under 1 year to total births, which is a very
good test of the salubrity of a district, was lower in Hackney