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Hackney 1907

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1907

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Senile Mortality.—The deaths which occurred in the Borough
during 1907 at the age of 65 years and upwards numbered 867,
and of these 410 occurred between the ages of 65 and 75 years,
339 between the ages of 75 and 85 years, and 110 from 85 years
and upwards. The annual death rate of persons at 65 years and
upwards is 3.7 per 1,000 living.
Deaths in Public Institutions.—During the year 1907 there
were 1,301 deaths in Public Institutions in the Borough. Of these
493 were residents of other districts, and the remainder 808 were
residents of the Borough of Hackney.
The following are the Institutions within the Borough receiving
persons both from within and without the Borough, with the
number of deaths in each institution during the year 1907.
INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE BOROUGH RECEIVING
PERSONS BOTH FROM AND WITHOUT THE BOROUGH.
St. Scholasticus Retreat, Kenninghall Road 1
Brooke House, Upper Clapton 5
10, Springfield—S.A. Children's Home 2
City of London Workhouse 11
Eastern Fever Hospital 182
11, Devonshire Road—S.A. Nursing Home 15
French Hospital 5
Hackney Infirmary 636
„ Workhouse 20
Metropolitan Hospital, Kingsland 227
German Hospital 137
Mare Street, S.A. Maternity Home 18
Home for Aged Jews, 23, Well Street 3
St. Joseph's Hospice, Cambridge Lodge Villas 36
13, Laura Place, S.A. Rescue Home 1