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District there were 523 births in 1886, against 424 in 1885,
giving 7.8 per cent, of the total births, against 6.4 in 1885 and
5.2 in 1881, showing a great increase in the population since
that year. In West Hackney Sub-District there were 1,190
births registered, against 1,177 in 1885, and 1,203 in 1884, so
that the population has most probably not varied much in the
last few years. The percentages of births in this sub-district
during the last three years were 17'9, 17.9 and 19.0. In
Hackney Sub-District, including the Workhouse, there were
2,803 births registered, against 2,811 in 1885, the percentages
to total births being 42.0, 42.7 and 41.3 in each of the last three
years. There was a decided increase in South Hackney,
although not to so great an extent as in Stamford Hill SubDistrict,
as there were 1,390 births registered, against 1,357 in
1885 ; the percentages in 1886 being 20.9 ; in 1885, 206 ; and
in 1884. 21.1, showing that although the total number has
increased, it has not done so to as great an extent as in some of
the other sub-districts.

The total number of deaths given in this table does not
correspond with those in the other tables, in consequence of
23 deaths having occurred in various Asylums outside the
Metropolis without the precise address being known, so that I
could not assign them to a particular sub-district. The total