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Hackney 1919

Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1919

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Table: The relative position from a health point of view occupied by Hackney as compared with other Metropolitan Boroughs may be seen from the following table, compiled from figures supplied by the Registrar-General, showing the death-rates from all causes and the death-rates of infants under 1 year of age for the year 1919:—

The relative position from a health point of view occupied by Hackney as compared with other Metropolitan Boroughs may be seen from the following table, compiled from figures supplied by the Registrar-General, showing the death-rates from all causes and the death-rates of infants under 1 year of age for the year 1919:—

Boroughs.Death-rate from all causes per 1,000 Living.Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 Births.
Hampstead11.281
Wandsworth11.272
Lewisham11.460
Fulham12.183
Woolwich12.285
Hammersmith12.699
Camberwell12.773
Battersea12.773
Stoke Newington12.764
Deptford12.885
HACKNEY13.085
Paddington13.092
St. Pancras13.286
Greenwich13.592
Bermondsey13.792
Bethnal Green13.984
City of Westminster13.989
City of London14.0105
Islington14.186
Poplar14.483
Stepney14.479
Chelsea14.680
Lambeth14.685
Kensington14.9102
Southwark14.995
St. Marylebone15.289
Finsbury15.286
Shoreditch15.7104
Holborn16.294

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Infantile Mortality.—The deaths under 1 year of age in the
Borough during 1919 numbered 355. This is a decrease of 10 upon
the number of infants' deaths recorded during 1918. The infant
mortality rate for the year is 85 per 1,000 births.
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