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Hackney 1916
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1916
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448 births to be transferred to other districts and 143 to Hackney.
After making these corrections the total of registered births amongst
Hackney residents is 5,026. From this figure I calculate the birthrate
during 1916 to be 22.0 per 1,000 of the population. For this
calculation I have used the Registrar-General's estimated population
of 228,088.
Notification of Births Act, 1907.—Under the provisions of this
Act, I received 5,396 notifications of births occurring in the Borough
during 1916. This total includes notifications from medical
practitioners, midwives, and other persons. It also includes still
births.
Still Births.—Amongst the births notified were 132 still-born.
This is equal to 2.4 per cent. of those notified. I give here a table
showing the number of notifications received, with other details in
connection with the same.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907.
| Year 1916. | Medical Practitioners. | Midwives. | Parents and Others. | Total. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live. | Still. | Live. | Still. | Live. | Still. | Live. | Still. | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Totals. | 828 | 787 | 27 | 19 | 1,413 | 1,317 | 45 | 32 | 506 | 413 | 5 | 2,747 | 2,517 | 77 | 55 | |
Illegitimate Births and Birth-rate.—The total number of
illegitimate births registered in the Borough during the year 1916
was 505; but of these, I am informed by the Registrar-General,
369 should be transferred to districts outside Hackney, as the
mothers were not Hackney residents, and 21 births, taking place
in other districts should be transferred to Hackney. Making these