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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 relative position from a health point of view occupied by Hackney may be seen from the subjoined table, compiled from figures supplied by the Registrar-General, showing the death rates from all causes and the death rates of infants under one year of age in the Metropolitan Boroughs and the Cities of London and Westminster for the year 1914.
| Boroughs | Death-rate from all causes per 1,000 living (corrected). | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 births. |
|---|---|---|
| Lewisham | 10.7 | 74 |
| Wandsworth | 11.0 | 89 |
| Hampstead | 11.0 | 89 |
| Stoke Newington | 12.5 | 78 |
| Chelsea | 12.9 | 67 |
| Paddington | 12.9 | 95 |
| Kensington | 13.I | 94 |
| City ot Westminster | 13.2 | 80 |
| Battersea | 13.4 | 93 |
| Camberwell | 13.6 | 99 |
| Hammersmith | 13.7 | 94 |
| Fulham | 13.8 | 113 |
| Hackney | 14.0 | 90 |
| City of London | 14.0 | 94 |
| St. Marylebone | 14.1 | 98 |
| Woolwich | 14.1 | 85 |
| Deptford | 14.3 | 99 |
| Lambeth | 14.3 | lot |
| Greenwich | 14.5 | 98 |
| Islington | 14.8 | 105 |
| St. Pancras | 15.6 | 92 |
| Holborn | 16.2 | 90 |
| Bethnal Green | 16.0 | 137 |
| Poplar | 16.9 | 116 |
| Stepney | 17.3 | 124 |
| Bermondsey | 17.4 | 125 |
| Southwark | 19.9 | 124 |
| Finsbury | 19.4 | 123 |
| Shoreditch | 19.6 | 141 |
The question of infant mortality is dealt with in another part
of this Report (see page 13), and it will there be seen from the rate
of infant mortality that satisfactory progress has been made in
dealing with this problem.
Detailed reference to the preventive measures taken in connection
with the prevention of the spread of tuberculosis is made
in a later part of this Report (see page 60).