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Hackney 1897

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1897

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2. All that part of Hackney Parish lying South and East of
Hackney North Sub-District, and North of a line commencing at
the junction of Arcola street and Shacklewell lane, and passing along
the centre of Shacklewell lane, Downs Park road, Norfolk road,
Dalston lane, the line of the North London Railway, Bridge street,
High street (Homerton), Marsh Hill, Homerton road, and ending
at Temple Mills Bridge on the Eastern boundary of the Parish to
constitute Central Hackney Sub-District.
3. All that part of Hackney Parish lying South and West of a
line commencing at Arcola street, Stoke Newington road, on the
Western boundary of the Parish, and passing along the centre of
Areola street, Shacklewell lane, Downs Park road, Norfolk road,
Dalston lane, the line of the North London Railway, Mare street,
and Cambridge road, and ending at the Southern boundary of the
Parish, to constitute South-west Hackney Sub-District.
4. All that part of Hackney Parish lying East and South of a
line commencing at Cambridge road, at the Southern boundary of
the Parish, and passing along the centre of Cambridge road, Mare
street, the line of the North London Railway, Bridge street, High
street, (Homerton), Marsh Hill, Homerton road, and ending at
Temple Mills Bridge on the Eastern boundary of the Parish, to
constitute South-east Hackney Sub-District.
The following table gives the population and density calculated
for the new sub-districts.

Table I.

Showing estimated Population, Area, and Density of Registration Sub-Districts in Hackney, at middle of 1897.

North.Central.South West.South East.Total for HackneyTotal for London.
Estimated Population48,87447,04262,43258,303216,6514 463,169
Area in square acres1,1138156017703,29974,672
Density=persons per acre43.957.7103.875-765.659.8