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Hackney 1890

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1890

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Table: TABLE II.Hackney District.— Showing the Annual Birth and Death Rates; Death Bates of Infants per 1,000 Births, and of Children per 1,000 Deaths, for the Year 1890, and each of the Ten Years Preceding.

TABLE II.

Hackney District.— Showing the Annual Birth and Death Rates; Death Bates of Infants per 1,000 Births, and of Children per 1,000 Deaths, for the Year 1890, and each of the Ten Years Preceding.

In Year.Birth Rate per 1000 of the Population.Birth Rate per 1000 of the Population.Corrected Death Rate 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.
LondonHackneyHackneyLondonHackneyLondonHackneyHackney
189029.127.416.420.3132163221396
188035.335.118.321.7142158273477
188134.733.919.221.2130148230424
188234.232.917.921.3119162219414
188334.032.317.620.5125146230396
188433.730.818.020.5124168238408
188532.630.917.619.8137148246422
188632.430.417.019.9143159258418
188731.729.716.619.6136158243426
188830.727.915.718.5125154225409
188930.727.713.917.5107141213369
Average of 10 years, 1880—8933.031.217.220.0133154238416
means. 1871—8035.934.719.622.5143158247292
1861—7035.433.820.424.4143162––
1851—6033.631.819.123.7128155——

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It will be seen that the birth rate for Hackney which is usually
about 2 per 1,000 population below that for London, was not quite
so great this year. The corrected death rate which is ordinarily
2 8 per 1,000 in Hackney below that for London was this year
nearly 4 per 1,000 below it, which is very satisfactory, especially as
the difference is greater than in 1889. The same remark applies to
the deaths of children under 1 year old.
In an article published in the British Medical Journal,
headed the True Death-rates of London Sanitary Districts
during 1890, will be found a summary of the figures actually