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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 X.
Births in the Sub-Districts of Hackney, 1887—52 Weeks.
| Quarters. | Stoke Newington | Stamford Hill. | West Hackney | Hackney | South Hackney | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 207 | 122 | 251 | 719 | 358 | 1657 |
| Second | 202 | 121 | 282 | 721 | 344 | 1670 |
| Third | 192 | 120 | 303 | 639 | 365 | 1619 |
| Fourth | 206 | 140 | 333 | 751 | 339 | 1769 |
| Total | 807 | 503 | 1169 | 2830 | 1406 | 6715 |
| Percent. 1887 | 12.0 | 7.5 | 17.4 | 42.2 | 20.9 | 100 |
| „ ,, 1886 | 11.4 | 7.8 | 17.9 | 42.0 | 20.9 | 100 |
| „ ,, 1885 | 12.4 | 6.4 | 17.9 | 42.7 | 20.6 | 100 |
| „ „ 1884 | 12.0 | 6.6 | 19.0 | 41.3 | 21.1 | 100 |
| ,, „ 1883 | 11.9 | 5.4 | 20.0 | 41.2 | 21.5 | 100 |
| „ ,, 1882 | 12.2 | 5.4 | 19.6 | 40.6 | 22.2 | 100 |
| „ ,, 1881 | 12.2 | 5.2 | 20.2 | 40.8 | 21.6 | 10 |
| „ ,, 1871 | 7.6 | 4.9 | 23.4 | 38.2 | 25.9 | 100 |
| Per Population 1881. | 12.2 | 4.9 | 20.2 | 41.2 | 21.5 | 100 |
| „ ,, 1871. | 7.9 | 5.3 | 22.4 | 40.1 | 24.3 | 100 |
The births in the sub-districts point to an increase of population
in Stoke Newington and Hackney, and in a slighter degree,
in South Hackney, but not so as regards the other two
sub-districts. Taking the returns of late years for all London,
we may assume, however, that the decrease of population, if
any, in the Stamford Hill and West Hackney registration
sub-districts, has been but slight. The sub-registration districts
do not, however, correspond with the wards or other divisions
of the parish of Hackney, as the Stamford Hill sub-district
includes Stamford Hill and Upper Clapton, the Hackney subdistrict
includes Lower Clapton, Clapton Park, Dalston, Hackney
proper, Hackney Wick, and nearly all Homerton, being
therefore an enormous sub-district. The total number of births