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Hackney 1913
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1913
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Illegitimate Births and Birth-rate.—The total number of
illegitimate births registered in the Borough during the year 1913
was 452 ; but of these, I am informed by the Registrar-General,
that 285 should be transferred to districts outside of Hackney, as
the mothers were not Hackney residents, and that 14 births,
taking place in other districts, should be transferred to Hackney.
Making these corrections, there remain 181 illegitimate births
amongst Hackney residents. This is equivalent to an illegitimate-birth-rate
of 32'7 per 1,000 registered births.
The following table gives the number of registered births
birth-rates, &c., for the Sub-districts in the Borough:—
Table.
| Registration District of Hackney. | Registration Sub-District. | All London. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North. | Central. | South-West. | South- East. | |||
| Total No. of Births | 5,733 | 1,032 | 1,446 | 1,740 | 1,515 | 112,637 |
| Rate per 1,000 living | 256 | 189 | 266 | 30 3 | 265 | 24.5 |
| No. of Illegitimate Births | 181 | |||||
| Kate per 1,000 Births | 32.7 | |||||