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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 1887
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1887
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TABLE IV.
Hackney District.—
| In Year. | Birth Rate per 1000 of the Population. | Birth Rate per 1000 of the Population. | Corrected Death Kate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1000 of Registered Births. | Deaths of Children under 1 year, per 1000 of Total Deaths. | Deaths of Children under 5 years' per 1000 of Total Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | Hackney | Hackney | London. | Hackney | London. | Hackney | Hackney | |
| 1887 | 31.3 | 29.7 | 16.6 | 19.6 | 136 | 159 | 243 | 420 |
| 1877 | 34.4 | 34.7 | 19.3 | 21.9 | 136 | 146 | 244 | 392 |
| 1878 | 34.0 | 35.6 | 20.2 | 23.5 | 144 | 164 | 226 | 480 |
| 1879 | 33.3 | 36.0 | 18.8 | 23.1 | 122 | 148 | 233 | 395 |
| 1880 | 32.7 | 35.1 | 18.3 | 22.2 | 142 | 158 | 273 | 477 |
| 1881 | 32.5 | 33.9 | 19.2 | 21.2 | 130 | 148 | 230 | 424 |
| 1882 | 32.2 | 32.9 | 17.9 | 21.4 | 119 | 162 | 219 | 414 |
| 1883 | 31.8 | 32.3 | 17.6 | 20.4 | 125 | 146 | 230 | 396 |
| 1884 | 32.1 | 30.8 | 18.0 | 20.3 | 124 | 168 | 238 | 408 |
| 1885 | 31.3 | 30.9 | 17.6 | 19.7 | 137 | 148 | 246 | 422 |
| 1886 | 31.3 | 30.4 | 17.0 | 19.9 | 143 | 159 | 258 | 418 |
| Average of 10 years, 1877.86 | | 32.6 | 33.3 | 18.4 | 21.4 | 132 | 165 | 240 | 423 |
| MEANS. 1871—80 | 34.7 | 19.6 | 22.6 | 142 | 158 | 247 | 392 | |
| 1861—70 | 33.8 | 20.4 | 24.4 | 143 | 162 | — | — | |
| 1851-60 | 31.8 | 19.1 | 23.8 | 128 | 155 | — | — | |
The birth-rate in the District during the 10 years 1877-86
was 33.3 per 1,000 inhabitants, having been as high as 360 in
1879, and decreased gradually to 29.7 this year. It is somewhat
singular that a similar decrease has obtained not only for
London and all England, but also in France, where, indeed, it
has been more marked still. The decrease in Hackney has been
greater than in all England, as the highest in these 10 years in
England was 34.4 in 1877, against 36.0 in Hackney in 1879,