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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 1886
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1886
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against 19 per cent. If the death-rate at the most active
period of life is reduced in a greater ratio generally, as it has
been in this district, than at other ages, a very great gain has
been obtained to the whole community.
TABLE VI.
| Quarters. | 8toke Newiugton | Stamford Hill. | "West Huckucy. | Hackney. | South Hackuey. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 199 | 128 | 306 | 689 | 328 | 1650 |
| Second | 171 | 119 | 303 | 731 | 342 | 1666 |
| Third | 198 | 149 | 268 | 698 | 369 | 16S2 |
| Fourth | 192 | 127 | 313 | 685 | 351 | 1*68 |
| Total | 760 | 623 | 1190 | 2803 | 1390 | 6666 |
| Per cant., 1886 | 11.4 | 7.8 | 17.9 | 420 | 20.9 | 100 |
| „ „ 1885 | 12.4 | 6.4 | 17.9 | 42.7 | 20.6 | 100 |
| „ „ 1884 | 120 | 6.6 | 190 | 41.3 | 21.1 | 100 |
| ,, „ 1883 | 11.9 | 5.4 | 20 0 | 41.2 | 21.5 | 100 |
| „ „ 1882 | 12.2 | 6.4 | 19.6 | 40.6 | 22.2 | 100 |
| „ „ 1881 | 12.2 | 52 | 20.2 | 408 | 21.6 | 100 |
| „ „ 1871 | 7.6 | 49 | 23.4 | 38.2 | 25.9 | 100 |
| Per Popultaion, 1881 | 12.2 | 4.9 | 20.2 | 41.2 | 215 | 100 |
| „ 1871 | 79 | 6.3 | 22.4 | 40.1 | 24.3 | 100 |
The total number of births was larger than before, but the
increase occurred chiefly in the Stamford Hill Sub.District,
which includes Upper Clapton, where a large number of new
houses has been erected. In Stoke Newington the number has
diminished absolutely and relatively, as there were only 760
births registered during the year, against 816 in 1885, and the
percentage to the whole district is only 11.4, against 12.4 in
1885, and 12.0 in 1884. In Stamford Hill Sub-Registration