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Hackney 1861
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Hackney and South Hackney the increase was very large between
the years 1851—61.
TABLE in.
1861—D eaths in each Sub-district.
| Quarters. | Stoke Newington | Stamford Hill. | West Hackney. | Hackney. | South Hackney. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 25 | 15 | 140 | 239 | 90 | 609 | |
| Second | 23 | 24 | 97 | 189 | 68 | 391 | |
| Third | 28 | 20 | 111 | 189 | 82 | 430 | |
| Fourth | 24 | 17 | 119 | 174 | 81 | 415 | |
| Totals | 100 | 76 | 467 | 791 | 311 | 1745 | |
| Corrected Nos | 107 | 80 | 501 | 670 | 333 | 1592 | |
| Per Centages. | Deaths Corrected | 6.7 | 6.0 | 31.5 | 35.9 | 20.9 | 100 |
| Popul | 7.9 | 6.6 | 29.2 | 37.8 | 18.5 | 100 | |
As before stated, the mortality was greater in 1861 than in 1860;
this increase was not confined to the ordinary population, but extended
also to the inmates of the District Workhouse, East London
Union, and German Hospital—as no less than 265 deaths happened
in these Institutions. The deaths in each quarter include all
those registered during the year, so that in looking to the line
in Table 3 of .totals,. we ascertain the aggregate mortality in
each sub-district. But as the deaths in the German Hospital, in
a great measure, do not belong to the district, and those in the
East London Union in no way whatever, I eliminate 154 deaths
from the total, and then distribute the deaths in the Workhouse
over the whole districts pro rata to the population. The figures
under the Hackney district show the necessity for this proceeding,
for all these institutions are in this sub.district, by which the
mortality is unfairly increased ; and we find the proper number to
be 570 instead of 791 deaths. The ratio of deaths in the sub.
districts are as follows;—6.7 per cent in Stoke Newington; 5.0 in
Stamford Hill; 31.5 in West Hackney; 35.9 in Hackney; and
20.9 in South Hackney