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From the above we ascertain, that of 1629 deaths registered
in the District, including the German Hospital and East London
Union, 398 occurred in children under one year of age; 374 who
were above one year but under twenty; 220 in persons who were
more than twenty but less than forty years of age; 233 in those
who were above forty but under sixty; no less than 327 were
more than sixty but under eighty; and 87 happened of persons
who were above eighty years of age.
To calculate the death rate and average duration of life of the
inhabitants of Hackney District, it is necessary to eliminate the
deaths which have occurred in the German Hospital and East
London Union. I ascertained, on posting up the returns of these
Institutions to the District Registrar, that 6 deaths arose in
children under one year of age; 19 between one and twenty years
of age; 41 between twenty and forty; 38 between forty and sixty;
54 between sixty and eighty; and 7 above eighty years of age.
Deducting, then, these deaths, 165 in number, from the total mortality
of the District, we find that 1464 deaths belong to the
District, and that the average age at death was 33.3 years; or, 33
years and 121 days. Now, as the population on the 30th day of
Jane may be calculated at 74,408, and the mortality of the District
was 1464, there would be 10 deaths in each 508 inhabitants; so
that the expectation of life in the District may be assumed to be 45
years. The principle on which these calculations are founded has
been explained in my preliminary Report: this calculation is not
so favourable as for the year 1857, but it is more so than a similar
comparison for the whole of London.
The nuisances abated by Mr. Valentine have been reported
in each quarter, but the aggregate for the year is as follows:—