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386; in Rotherhithe, 367; and in Newington, 248. These
numbers are taken from the report of the Registrar General,
and show a higher death rate from scarlet fever than I
calculate it to have been in this district.
As might be expected from the number of new houses which
have been built and inhabited during the past year, the births
were in excess of those in the previous year, 3,923 having been
registered in 1869 against 3,776 in 1868. The numbers for
each sub-district are as follows:—257 or 6.5 per cent. in Stoke
Newington; 151 or 3.8 per cent. in Stamford Hill; 934 or 23.8
per cent. in "West Hackney; 1563 or 39.9 per cent. in
Hackney; and 1018 or 26.0 per cent. in South Hackney.
These figures show that the births have increased in Stoke
Newington, West Hackney, and Hackney, but have decreased
in Stamford Hill and South Hackney. This may be accounted
for by the large number of houses which are empty in South
Hackney.

Table No. 1 shows all these results at a glance; and also
that the quarter ending June 30th was the one in which the
largest number of births was registered.
The number of deaths, 2639, was greater than in 1868, or
indeed than in any previous year. This was caused chiefly by