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Hackney 1913

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1913

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Table: The following table shows the kind of change which is gradually taking place in the Borough, viz., a change from a residential locality to that of an industrial centre:—

The following table shows the kind of change which is gradually taking place in the Borough, viz., a change from a residential locality to that of an industrial centre:—

Years.No. of Factories.No. of Workshops.No. of Outworkers.
19104441,3213,164
19114891,1573,071
19125071,2212,559
19135531,2172,451

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Such a change is usually associated with increased sickness
and mortality-rates, but the change is being effected in the
Borough of Hackney coincident with a diminishing mortality.
I have pleasure in stating that the officers of the department
have on the whole carried out the duties entrusted to them to my
entire satisfaction.
Population and Density.—Applying the rate of increase
observed during the last intercensal period to the population of
Hackney, I estimate the population of the Borough to number
223,716. This estimate gives a density of population for the whole
Borough of 68'0 persons per acre, varying from 50 3 persons in
the North Sub-district to 98'4 persons per acre in the South-West
Sub-district. The following table gives the estimated population
and density of population per acre for each of the Registration
Sub-districts in the Borough:—

Table: Table.Showing estimated Population, Area and Density of the Registration Sub-Districts in Hackney, at middle of1912.

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Showing estimated Population, Area and Density of the Registration Sub-Districts in Hackney, at middle of1912.

North.Central.South-West.South-East.Total for HackneyTotal for London.
Estimated Population54,44454,29457,63956,992223,3694,518,191
Area in square acres1,0818575867643,28874,816
Density—persons per acre50.360.498.474.668.060.3

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I here give a table taken from Vol. VIII. of the Census of
England and Wales, 1911, showing the number of tenements in
the Borough and their occupants.