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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 1903
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1903
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Overcrowding.—While on the subject of population, I think it
advisable to give the result of a comparison of the amount of overcrowding
in the Borough at the two censuses 1891 and 1901.
The following taken from the Report of the Medical Officer to the
London County Council for the year 1902 shows the amount of overcrowding
existing at 1891 and 1901 census. It will be seen from
this that during the last decade there has been a slight decrease in overcrowing.
The percentage of decrease is not large, but it is a, hopeful sign to see that overcrowding is not increasing.
| Sanitary Area. | Tenements with | Percentage of total population in each group of tenements. | Overcrowding. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of Population living more than 2 in a room in tenements of less than five rooms. | |||||||
| 1891 | 1901 | Increase or decrease. | 1891 | 1901 | Increase or decrease. | ||
| Hackney | 1 Room | 4.0 | 3.8 | — 0.2 | 1.90 | 1.55 | — 0.35 |
| 2 Rooms | 9.6 | 100 | + 0.4 | 3.69 | 3.11 | — 0.58 | |
| 3 „ | 14.2 | 15.9 | + 1.7 | 3.26 | 2.82 | — 0.44 | |
| 4 ,, | 14.2 | 16.4 | + 2.2 | 1.98 | 1.86 | — 0.12 | |
| Total | 42.0 | 46.1 | + 4.1 | 10.83 | 9.34 | — 1.49 | |
MARRIAGES AND MARRIAGE BATE IN THE BOROUGH
OF HACKNEY DURING THE DECENNIUM 1893.1993.
*Marriages.—The number of marriages solemnized in the Borough
of Hackney during 1903, was 1695. The annual rate of persons
married in the Hackney population is therefore 15.1 per 1000. The
marriage rate for London for the same period is 17.4 per 1000.
The following table gives the marriage rates for Hackney and
London for the 10 years ending 1902.