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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1862
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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2633; in 1861, 2752; and in 1862, 2768; so that the increase
has not kept up in the same ratio as that of the population.
The smallest number registered in any quarter was 647, viz. in
the third quarter, and the highest 717, in the second quarter.
There were 191 births registered in Stoke Newington, 138 in
Stamford Hill, 773 in West Hackney, 1080 in Hackney, and
587 in South Hackney.
The ratio of births to population, was, as is usually the case,
smallest in Stamford Hill and Stoke Newington sub-districts,
and largest in South Hackney and in Hackney. In Stamford
Hill there were at the last census, 66 people living out of each
1000 in the whole district, whilst there were only 50 out of each
1000 births, in Stamford Hill there were 79 persons living to
each 1000 in the whole district, and 69 out of each 1000 births
whilst in Hackney, there were 378 persons in each 1000, and
390 out of each 1000 births; and in South Hackney 185 in
each 1000 persons living, whilst there were no less than 212 out
of each 1000 births registered in the whole district.
Table 2, shows the ratio of births in each sub-district.
TABLE II-
1857-62.—Birth-rate in each Sub-district.
| Years | Stoke Newington | Stamford Hill | West Hackney | Hackney | South Hackney |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1857 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 32.2 | 37.8 | 17.0 |
| 1858 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 32.9 | 37.3 | 18.0 |
| 1859 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 31.8 | 36.7 | 18.7 |
| 1860 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 31.5 | 38.6 | 19.1 |
| 1861 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 29.8 | 39.7 | 18.5 |
| 1862 | 6.9 | 5.0 | 27.9 | 39.0 | 21.2 |
In the years 1857-62, by which we learn that the lowest rate
for Stoke Newington was 5.8, and the highest 6.9, being that
for the present year. That the lowest rate in Stamford Hill was
4.6, and the highest 6.2, which occurred in 1857; that the
highest in West Hackney, 32.9 occurred in 1858, the lowest,