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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Live Births. | Stillbirths. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| Legitimate | 1,256 | 1,222 | 2.478 | 35 | 35 | 70 |
| Illegitimate | 48 | 39 | 87 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Live Births. | Stillbirths. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| Legitimate | 1,167 | 1,135 | 2,302 | 29 | 32 | 61 |
| Illegitimate | 48 | 38 | 86 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Notification of Births.—During the year 1940, notifications
were received of the birth within the Borough of 3,374 live children
and 92 still-born children. Information with regard to the birth
of children to Hackney mothers at addresses outside the Borough
was received in respect of 497 living and 7 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 1,756 living and 52 still-born children.
The following table shows the sources from which the notifications of birth (corrected and uncorrected) were received
| Medical Practitioners. | Midwives. | Parents and others. | Totals. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Still Births. | Live Births. | Still Births. | Live Births. | Still Births. | Live Births. | Still Births. | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | P. | M. | M. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | w. | M. | F. | |
| Corrected | 26 | 23 | - | - | 941 | 874 | 21 | 22 | 123 | 128 | - | 4 | 1090 | 1025 | 21 | 26 |
| - | - | — | ||||||||||||||
DEATHS.
The deaths of civilians registered during the year, adjusted
for inward and outward transfers, numbered 2,788. The crude
death-rate from all causes is 16.5 and the corrected death-rate is
17.8. The comparable rate for England and Wales is 14.3 and that
for London 17.8.