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Hackney 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: Distributed according to sex and legitimacy the births were as follow:.

Distributed according to sex and legitimacy the births were as follow:.

Illegitimate6656122
Totals1,7501,6093,359

Table: The following table shows the births and birth-rates for the year in the Borough and the various Electoral Wards:-

The following table shows the births and birth-rates for the year in the Borough and the various Electoral Wards:-

District.Births.Birth.rates.
The Borough3,35915.5
Stamford Hill56116.6
West Hackney26614.2
Kingsland31914.5
Downs29517.0
Clapton Park60014.4
Homerton49714.2
South Hackney41118.6
Hackney41015.1

Table: The number of births and the birth-rates in England and Wales, London and Hackney in 1931, together with the rates for the previous four years are shown below:-

The number of births and the birth-rates in England and Wales, London and Hackney in 1931, together with the rates for the previous four years are shown below:-

District.1931.Birth-rates in previous years.
No. of Births.Birth . rate.1930.1929.1928.1927.
England and Wales632,58015.816.316.316.716.7
London65,68415.015.715.715.916.1
Hackney3,35915.516.415.916.015.7

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Section 7 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926,
requires the registration of every still-born child. The number of
still.births registered in the Borough during the year was 131. Of
this total, 35 have been allocated by the Registrar.General to other
districts, whilst the births of 27 still-born children in outlying areas
have been transferred to Hackney. The corrected figure is, therefore,
123. This represents a rate for the Borough of 0.56 per 1,000
of the population, as compared with 0.50 for London as a whole.
The total number of illegitimate births registered in the
Borough during the year 1931 was 329, but of these the Registrar.