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I have not calculated the per centages of deaths in the
sub-divisions, as there are difficulties, owing to the number of
institutions in the Hackney Sub-Registration District, which
includes the Hackney and City of London Workhouses and
Infirmaries, the Small Pox and Fever Hospitals, and the
German Hospital. I have restored, as far as possible, the
deaths that have occurred in the various hospitals and establishments
within and outside the district to the sub-districts to
which they belonged; but there is a residuum consisting of
inhabitants of the district who died without their proper
addresses being known, and also of deaths from drowning and
accidents of persons unknown, which I have been unable to
distribute. These are all added to the deaths of the Hackney
Sub-District, as the mortuary is in this sub-division and the
deaths registered outside the district have often no other address
than " Hackney." I have thought it best therefore to give the
whole numbers as above without calculating any per centages. It
will be seen that the deaths apportioned to Stoke Newington were
fewer in 1888 than in 1887 or in 1885, but were more than in
1886 ; whilst in the Stamford Hill Registration Sub-District the
number was below that for 1887 by 1 only, for 1886 by 30, but
above that for preceding years. In West Ilackney, although the
population has increased, there was a smaller number than for
any year since 1881; whilst in Hackney Sub-District there
were 1,703 deaths, against 1,710 in 1887. As before
mentioned, many deaths not belonging to this sub-division,
as drowning cases, &c. (taken to the mortuary), when no former
residence could be ascertained, have been placed to this district.
including some that did not belong to the district at all. In
South Hackney there were fewer deaths than in 1886 and
1887.
Disinfection.—The number of houses disinfected in 1888
was smaller than in any year since 1885, when small pox was
prevalent, and 603 houses were disinfected, against 274 in
1888. More articles of bedding and clothing were, however,