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in outlying districts which should properly be transferred to
Hackney in order to obtain an accurate corrected birth rate for the
Borough. The Registrar-General has supplied me with the number
of births which should be so transferred, viz., 270 births to be
transferred to other districts and 103 births transferred to Hackney.
After making these corrections, the correct total of births amongst
Hackney residents is 5,243. From this figure I calculate the birth
rate for Hackney during 1911 to be 23.5 per 1,000 of the population.
The birth rate for all London for the same period is 24 8 per 1,000
of the population.
Notification of Births.—Under the provisions of the Notification
of Births Act, 1907,1 received 5,353 notifications of births occurring
in the Borough of Hackney. This includes notifications from
medical practitioners, midwives and other persons. It also includes
still births. This total is equal to 98.9 per cent. of the number
registered by the Registrars of Births.
Amongst the births notified were 173 still born. This is equal
to 3 2 per cent, of those notified.
I give here a table showing the number of notifications of
birth received with other details in connection with the same:—