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Hackney 1914

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1914

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Table: The following table shows the 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 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
19145631,1422,542

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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.
Two of the Sanitary Inspectors, G. White and H. Body, who
were members of the Sanitary Corps of the R.A.M.C. (T), were
called upon during the year to serve in the Expeditionary Force in
France. Their places have been temporarily filled by two other
inspectors.
Population and Density.—Applying the rate of increase observed
during the last inter-censal period to the population of Hackney,
I estimate the population of the Borough at the middle of the year
1914 to number 223,718. This gives a density of population for the
whole Borough of 68.0 persons per acre, varying from 50 -7 persons
in the North Sub-district to 98.0 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 of1914.

Table.

Showing estimated Population, Area and Density of the Registration Sub-Districts in Hackney, at middle of1914.

North.Central.South-West.South-East.Total for HackneyTotal for London.
Estimated Population54,77554,60157,45356,889223,7184,518,021
Area in square acres1,0818575867643,28874,816
Density—persons per acre50.763.798.074.668.060.4