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Hackney 1908
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1908
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Population and Density.— On the basis of the increase of
population of the Borough of Hackney, which took place during the
period 1891 to 1901, I estimate the population of Hackney at the
end of June, 1908, to be 233,528 persons. On this estimate the
density of population becomes 71.0 persons per acre for the whole
Borough, varying from 50.5 per acre in the North Sub-District to
104.7 in the South-West Sub-District. The following table gives
the population and density of the Sub-Districts, compared with
the whole of London:—
Table
| North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. | Total for Hackney | Total for London. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marriages and Marriage Rates.— During the year 1908
there were 1,996 marriages solemnized in the Borough of Hackney.
The annual marriage rate for persons married during this period is
17 per 1,000 of the estimated population, and that for all London
for the same period is 15.9 per 1,000 of the population. The
following table gives the number of marriages and the marriage
rates for the Borough of Hackney and London for the ten years
1898-1907:-