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REPORT.
To the Board of Works for the Hackney District.
Gentlemen,
The Registrar General of Births and Deaths stated, in his last Quarterly
Report, that 109,450 deaths were registered in the whole of the
Metropolis during the three months ending December 31st, or at the rate
of 2.189 per cent. per annum. The mortality for the Hackney District
was 421, of which 31 deaths occurred in the East London Union and the
German Hospital; so that 390 deaths of the inhabitants took place, or
1.91 per cent. per annum, if the number of the inhabitants was 81,524 as
calculated. The Registrar General also stated that the mortality of the
town districts in England during the last quarter of 1859 was 25 per
1000, and of the country 19 per 1000, so that Hackney, as a suburban
district, was far more healthy than the average.
During the corresponding quarter in 1858 there were 475 deaths in the
whole district, against 421 in the last quarter, so that there were 54 deaths
less this quarter than in 1858. A comparison between the births of the
two quarters is equally satisfactory, as in the last quarter of 1858 there
were only 610 registered against 648 in 1859. The excess of births over
deaths has also been larger than usual, as there were only 421 deaths
against 648 births, or 154 births to each 100 deaths.
Of the 648 births, 329 were of males, and 319 of females; whilst of the
421 deaths, 210 were of males, and 211 of females. This is contrary to
the usual death rate, as more males die than females, especially at the
early period of life. The number of births registered in each of the subdistricts
was as follows:— 52 in Stoke Newington, 42 in Stamford Hill,
196 in West Hackney, 243 in Hackney, and 115 in South Hackney. The
deaths registered were as follows:— 29 in Stoke Newington, 28 in Stamford
Hill, 93 in West Hackney, 203 in Hackney, and 70 in South Hackney
sub-district.
Of the 421 deaths, 63 were of children under one year of age, or 15 per
cent. only; 128 were above 1 but under 20; 54 were above 20 and under
40; 64 were above 40 and under 60; no less than 84 were more than 60
but less than 80; and 28 were above 80 years of age. The mortality of