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Hackney 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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still-born children), but of these the Registrar-General states that
209 should be transferred to districts outside the Borough, as the
mothers were not Hackney residents, and 25 births which took place
in other districts should be transferred to Hackney. These corrections
having been made, there remain 134 illegitimate births
amongst Hackney residents. This is equivalent to an illegitimate
birth-rate of 41.5 per 1,000 total births.
Notification of Births Act, 1907.—Under the provisions of this
Act notifications were received of the birth within the Borough of
3,850 live children and 129 still-born children. Information with
regard to the birth of children to Hackney mothers at addresses
outside the Borough was received in respect of 549 living and 28
still-born children, whilst particulars of the birth of children within
the Borough whose home addresses were situated in other areas were
forwarded in the case of 1,307 living and 50 still-born children.
The following table shows the sources from which the notifications of births (corrected and uncorrected) were received:—
| Medical Practitioners. | Midwives. | Parents and others. | Total. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Still Births. | Live Births. | Still Births. | Live Births. | Still Births. | Live Births. | Still Births. | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M . | F. | M . | F. | M . | F. | M. | F. | |
| Corrected | 186 | 167 | 4 | 1 | 1076 | 1021 | 36 | 34 | 348 | 294 | 15 | 17 | 1610 | 1482 | 55 | 52 |
| Uncorrected | 190 | 170 | 4 | 1 | 1745 | 1651 | 61 | 59 | 349 | 294 | 15 | 17 | 2284 | 2115 | 80 | 77 |
DEATHS.
The deaths registered in the Borough during 1932 numbered
2,648, but of these 661 were deaths of non-residents who died inside
the Borough. There were, however, 486 residents of Hackney who
died during the year outside the Borough. On making the necessary
corrections, the corrected number of deaths amongst Hackney
residents is 2,473. This is a decrease of 20 upon the number of
deaths occurring during 1931. The general death-rate from all
causes for the year 1932 is 11.5 per 1,000 of the population.
The following table shows the number of deaths and the deathrates
in England and Wales, London, Hackney and the Registration
Sub-districts of the Borough in 1932, and the rates for the previous
four years:—