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Hackney 1910

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1910

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Table: The favourable position occupied by Hackney amongst the London Boroughs may be seen from the subjoined table shewing the Death rates from all causes, and of infants under one year of age, in the Metropolitan Boroughs and City of London during the 52weeks of 1910, as calculated by the Registrar General.

The favourable position occupied by Hackney amongst the London Boroughs may be seen from the subjoined table shewing the Death rates from all causes, and of infants under one year of age, in the Metropolitan Boroughs and City of London during the 52weeks of 1910, as calculated by the Registrar General.

Boroughs.Death rate from all causes per 1,000 living (corrected).Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 births.
County of London13.4103
Hampstead9.760
Lewisham10.080
Wandsworth10.778
Fulham11.0107
Woolwich11.285
Stoke Newington11.564
Greenwich11.8107
Battersea12.197
Hackney12.298
Camberwell12.594
Paddington12.696
Hammersmith12.799
City of Westminster12.784
Kensington12.8106
Lambeth12.994
Chelsea13.1101
Islington13.494
St. Marylebone13.7108
Stepney14.3112
St. Pancras14.4102
Deptford14.7122
Bethnal Green15.5123
Poplar15.6118
Holborn16.1103
Southwark16.6116
City of London17.066
Shoreditch17.5146
Bermondsey18.1126
Finsbury18.2123

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In reference to the subject of infant mortality, progress has
been made in dealing with this problem by the appointment of a
well qualified health visitor. Further reference is made to the work
of this officer in another part of my report. The preventive
measures detailed in my report for the year 1909, applicable to
pulmonary tuberculosis, have been continued during 1910. As
previously explained, they have but a limited effect in diminishing
the prevalence of this disease in the Borough. Further steps
should now be taken, amongst which the establishment of a tuberculosis
dispensary in Hackney occupies the first place. Such an
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