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REPORT.
HAVING already in my Quarterly Reports pointed out the prominent
Sanitary occurrences of the year, it only remains for me to
make a resumi of the Mortality and Sanitary condition of the district as
a whole.
By referring to my First Report,/). 16-17. we ascertain that during
the years 1847-55, inclusive, there were 154 births to each 100 deaths,
whilst during 1857, there were 163 births to each 100 deaths in Hackney,
and in the whole of London only 151 births to 100 deaths.
That this result arose from a diminished death rate rather than from
an increased birth-rate is shown by the fact that the rate of death in
Hackney, after allowing for increase of population, has been comparatively
smaller than that for the whole of the Metropolis. This important
comparison was instituted for each quarter, and was favourable to
Hackney in three out of the four, and the exception was caused by
a large mortality in the German Hospital and East London Union.
In considering the questions of the number and causes of deaths and
of births, I shall include those which have occurred in the East London
Union and the German Hospital, but in calculating out the average
duration of life and the rate of death during the year, I shall exclude
the deaths which have taken place in these Institutions, as they do not
DropeilY belong to the district.