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Hackney 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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When these numbers are corrected by the abstraction of the deaths in the German Hospital and East London Union from the total registered in Hackney sub-district, and those which occurred in the Hackney Workhouse distributed
| Stoke Newn. | Stamford. Hill. | West Hackney. | Hackney. | South Hackney. | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected | 120 | 95 | 322 | 678 | 199 | 1484 |
| Corrected | 126 | 100 | 410 | 438 | 208 | 1282 |
Through the courtesy of the Registrar General of Births and Deaths
who has supplied the Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health with the
original returns from which his Tables are compiled, I am enabled,
after bestowing great labour on the subject, to present you with an
account of the ages at death, and the causes of all the deaths which
have occurred in your district during the year. From the same materials
I have been able to calculate the average duration of life.
HACKNEY DISTRICT.
| 1857. Quarters | Under 1. | 0—20 | 20—40 | 40—60 | 60—80 | 80— | TOTALS | Per Cent. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 St | 84 | 167 | 56 | 65 | 96 | 25 | 409 | 27.5 |
| 2nd | 61 | 147 | 45 | 50 | 59 | 18 | 318 | 2l.4 |
| 3rd | 109 | 182 | 52 | 46 | 64 | 18 | 362 | 24.4 |
| 4 th | 79 | 171 | 51 | 57 | 91 | 25 | 395 | 26.7 |
| 333 | 667 | 204 | 218 | 809 | 86 | 1484 | 100 | |
| 22.4 | 44.9 | 13.8 | 14.7 | 20.8 | 5.8 | 100 |
This Table shows that out of the total 1484 deaths no less than 333 children
died during the first year of life ; 66 7 persons died between the period
of birth and the 20th year ; 204 deceased who were above 20 and under
40 years of age ; 218 who were over 40 but under 60 ; 309 who were
above 60 and under 80 ; and 86 who were 80 years of age or above that
patriarchal age. These numbers will be more readily comprehended
by ascertaining the proportions which they bear to each other. Thus
22 4 per cent, of all the deaths happened in Children under 1 year of
age ; 44'9 per cent, in persons under 20 years; 13.8 per cent, in those
who were above 20 and under 40; 14-7 per cent, of individuals who
were more than 40 but less than 60 years old ; 20*8 per cent, of persons
above 60 and under 80 ; and 5*8 per cent, above 80 years of age.