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age it rises rapidly to 30.4 between 55 and 65; 62.7 between
65 and 75; 140.5 between 75 and 85, and above 85 to 298.6 per
1000. In Hackney the death-rate under 5 was not so great,
especially in 1851-61, when it was only 58.5, and in 1861-71 it
was 63.67; that for all London being 81.6 per 1000 living at
that age. A reference to the table shows the death-rate at the ageperiods
ranging between 5 and 15, 15 and 25, 25 and 35 to have
been decidedly below the means for all England, but above 35 to
have been above the rate. The table also shows that there has
been a decided increase in the mortality of children under 5 years
of age in 1861-71 as compared with 1851-61, and that a considerable
rise has occurred in all England to a large but not
to an equal extent: it is clear, therefore, that Hackney has
participated with the rest of England in the causes of the
increased death-rates. A reduction also occurred in the mortality
of those who were aged between 5 and 15, as in Hackney the
rate in 1851-61 was 5.83, and in 1861-71 it was 5.48. In
England it was 6.75 in 1851-61, and 6.21 in 1861-71. As
before mentioned, the rate rapidly rises at 55 years, and that
above 65 it is in excess of the death-rate below 5 years, so that
the mortality of a district will depend on the proportion which
the population below 5 and above 65 years of age bears to the
inhabitants between those ages. I therefore append a table
showing the number living at each census since 1850.