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the Borough which is, in fact, although a part of the Metropolis,
a large manufacturing town. A list of chief industries will be
found in the Appendix, page 120.
Water Supply—Main drainage and Sewage Disposal.—As the
water supply of the Metropolis is under the control and management
of the Metropolitan Water Board, and as the Main Drainage
and Sewage Disposal are under the jurisdiction of the London County
Council, these subjects are not specially dealt with in this report.
Population and Density.—The population of the Borough at
the middle of the year 1919 is estimated by the Registrar-General
to number:—
For death-rate 216,736
For birth-rate 225,774
This gives a density of population for the whole Borough of
66.0 persons per acre, varying from 49.1 persons per acre in the
Northern Sub-district to 94.6 persons per acre in the South-western
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:—

*Marriages and Marriage-rates.—During 1919 there were 2,571
marriages solemnised in the Borough of Hackney. The annual
*I have here to acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr. H. Brougham
Loney, Superintendent Registrar, who has kindly abstracted the number of
marriages for the year 1919.