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to the population, over the whole district, but have not done so
lately in consequence of the great increase of population in the
Hackney and South Hackney sub-districts, which being
unknown precisely, would lead to erroneous results.
The proportion of births to deaths in Hackney was below
the average in 1869, as there were only 148 births to each 100
deaths, the average having been 137. This arose from the
death rate having been unusually high, 230 deaths having
occurred in 10,000 inhabitants. The death rate in Hackney
was not so high as in London generally, that for London having
been 246 per 100,000 inhabitants. The death rate in Hackney
is likely to increase gradually, as the proportion of children to
adults has already much increased; and also, as the population
does not now consist of so large a proportion of persons in
affluent circumstances. The immense increase of the poor
rates, and of the number of small houses, indicate a greater
number of poor residents, who die at an earlier age, and
therefore at a greater rate per cent. per annum than the more
wealthy classes.