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Sub-district, and highest, 31.5 per 1,000 living, in the South-East
Sub-district. The above birth-rate shows a slight decline upon the
rate for 1901. The birth-rate for all London for 1902 is 28.5 per
1,000 living.
*Illegitmacy.—During the year 1902 there were 319 illegitimate
births registered in Hackney, but of these 200 were born in the
Rescue Homes of the Salvation Army in the Borough, of mothers
from outside districts. The number of illegitimate births of Hackney
parentage was 119. This gives an annual illegitimate birth-rate of 19
per 1,000 births.
Deaths.—The total deaths registered in Hackney during 1902
numbered 3,526; but of these 516 were of persons non-residents of
the district and dying in the Public Institutions of the district: but
there were in addition 368 residents of Hackney which died in public
institutions outside the district. After making the necessary
corrections there remains a total of 3,378 deaths of Hackney residents
registered during 1902. This is equivalent to a death rate of 15.3 per
1,000 living. Making a further correction for age and sex distribution
by means of the factor 1.04645, we arrive at the true mortality for
Hackney for the year 1902, namely 16.0 per 1,000 living persons.

* I have here to acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr. Tom Osgood, Superintendent
Registrar, who has kindly abstracted for me the number of marriages
and illegitimate births for the year 1902.