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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1914
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1914
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The following tabic 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 | 5,708 | 989 | 1,774 | 1,402 | 1,543 | 109,667 |
| Rate per 1,000 living | 25.5 | 18.0 | 32.5 | 24.4 | 27.1 | 24.3 |
| No.of Illegitimate Births | 137 | |||||
| Rate per 1,000 Births | 25.0 | |||||
The following table shows the birth-rates for the Borough and
its Sub-districts during the years 1904 to 1914 inclusive:—
| Year. | Borough Hackney. | North Sub-District. | Central Sub-District. | South-West Sub-District. | South-East Sub-District. | London. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | 27.2 | 19.5 | 26.5 | 29.9 | 33.5 | 27.9 |
| 1905 | 25.7 | 19.6 | 26.8 | 29.9 | 27.3 | 27.1 |
| 1906 | 25.5 | 19.0 | 25.4 | 28.2 | 28.3 | 26.4 |
| 1907 | 24.8 | 19.4 | 25.1 | 27.2 | 26.8 | 25.8 |
| 1908 | 24.3 | 18.6 | 23.0 | 28.7 | 26.0 | 25.2 |
| 1909 | 24.2 | 18.2 | 23.1 | 29.4 | 24.0 | 24.2 |
| 1910 | 23.1 | 17.6 | 22.9 | 26.7 | 24.6 | 23.6 |
| 1911 | 24.3 | 18.8 | 24.8 | 28.0 | 25.2 | 24.8 |
| 1912 | 24.3 | 18.7 | 23.9 | 28.4 | 25.7 | 24.5 |
| 1913 | 25.6 | 18.9 | 26.6 | 30.3 | 26.5 | 24.5 |
| Average 1901—1913 | 24.9 | 18.8 | 24.8 | 28.6 | 26.7 | 2 5.4 |
| 1914 | 25.5 | 18.0 | 32.5 | 24.4 | 27.1 | 24.3 |