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Hackney 1914
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1914
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transferred to other districts and 106 to Hackney. After making
these necessary corrections, the correct total of registered births
amongst Hackney residents is 5,460. From this figure, I calculate
the corrected birth-rate for Hackney during 1914 to be 24-4 per
1,000 of the population. The birth-rate for all London for the
same period is 24-3 per 1,000 of the population.
Notification of Births Act, 1907.—Under the provisions of this
Act, I received 5,575 notifications of births occurring in the Borough
during 1914. This total includes notifications from medical
practitioners, midwives, and other persons. It also includes still
births. This total is 133 less than the number registered by the
Registrars of Births.
Still Births.—Amongst the births notified were 174 still-born.
This is equal to 3-1 per cent, of those notified. I give here a table
showing the number of notifications received with other details in
connection with the same.
| Year 1914. | Medical Practitioners. | Midwives. | Parents and Others. | Total. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live. | Still. | Live. | Still. | Live. | Still. | Live | Still. | |||||||||
| INI. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F | M. | F | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Totals. | 1,033 | 901 | 42 | 35 | 1,254 | 1,197 | 44 | 37 | 520 | 499 | 9 | 7 | 2,807 | 2,597 | 95 | 79 |
Illegitimate Births and Birth-rate.—The total number of
illegitimate births registered in the Borough during the year 1914
was 437; but of these, I am informed by the Registrar-General,
314 should be transferred to districts outside of Hackney, as the
mothers were not Hackney residents, and 14 births, taking place
in other districts, should be transferred to Hackney. Making
these corrections, there remain 137 illegitimate births amongst
Hackney residents. This is equivalent to an illegitimate birth-rate
of 25.0 per 1,000 births.