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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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6 on the number registered during 1913. The annual mortalityrate
from malignant disease for last year is therefore 1.14 per
1,000 living.

Table: The following table gives the distribution of the deaths from this disease in the different sub-districts of the Borough:—

The following table gives the distribution of the deaths from this disease in the different sub-districts of the Borough:—

Sub-districts.North.Central.South-West.South-East.
No. of Deaths from Cancerous Disease.69556765
Mortality-rate per 1,000 living.1.21.01.21.1

Table: Below is given a table showing the number of deaths and death rates in this Borough during the ten years ending 1914:—

Below is given a table showing the number of deaths and death rates in this Borough during the ten years ending 1914:—

Years.1905190619071908190919101911191219131914
Borough of Hackney.Deaths from Cancer.203175198225214222217213250250
Death-rate per 1,000..90.75.91.96.91.93.97.951.111.14
| London.Death-rate per 1,000.1.001.051.031.06.96.941.051.111.10—

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ALCOHOLISM.
During the year under consideration there was 1 death from
acute alcoholic poisoning; there were also 31 deaths registered as
due to cirrhosis of the liver, a condition regarded as a rule to be
due to excessive indulgence in alcohol, extending over lengthy
periods.