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1871 1881.
Population at Census 124,951 186,400
No. of Inhabited Honses at Census 19,347 27,503
No. of Persons on an average in each Inhabited House at do. 6.46 6.78
Total No. of Acres 3,935 3,935
No. of Acres of Water and Open Spaces, chiefly on the
borders of the District 568 568
NOTE.—The Deaths are corrected by adding on the Deaths of Inhabitants in
the Small-pox and Fever Hospitals, in the German Hospital,which are situate in the
Hackney District, and also the Deaths in other Metropolitan and the Asylums
Board's Hospitals outside the District, and by taking out the deaths of all nonresidents
that have been registered in the District.
A decrease both of births and deaths occurred in 1888,
which is very unusual, the births having been only 6,511,
against 6,715 in 1887, 6,666 in 1886, 6,585 in 1885, and an
average of 6,461 for the ten years 1878-87. The deaths were
only 3,646, against 3,751 in 1887, 3,693 in 1886, 3,682 in
1885, and 3,700 in 1884; showing an absolute diminution in
the number of deaths since 1883. This is very satisfactory, as
during the year there was an unusual mortality from measles,
diphtheria, and whooping cough, and especially when it is
remembered that the density of population has increased every
year. Thus 20 years ago the density was only equal to 33.7
persons per acre, in 1878 it was 42.5, and in 1888 no less than
50.6 persons per acre. This average includes 568 of open
spaces and water, which cannot be built upon, out of a total of
3,935 acres in the district. The real density of the inhabited
portions is much greater, as, excluding land not yet built upon,
14 per cent. of the whole surface of the district is not occupied
by a resident population.