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Hackney 1864

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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TABLE III.

1864.—Death in each Sub-District.

QuartersStoke NewingtonStamford HillWest HackneyHackneySouth HackneyTotals
First4127145284107604
Second331610521894466
Third242595239106489
Fourth4336138250116583
Totals1431044839914232142
Corrd. Nos.1481095087184391922
per CentgsDeaths Corctd.7.75.7,26.437.322.9100
Popln.7.06.629.237.818.5100

Table No. 3, shows that there were 2142 deaths registered
in the District during the year, against a corrected average for
1863 of 2010. This increase, although large, was not so great
as for the whole of London, as the year 1864 was the most
fatal one for many years past. There were 3170 births in the
District against the 2142 deaths, so that the increase arising
from the excess of births was more than 1000. The annual
rate of increase of population in the District has been about
4 per cent. and as the excess of births accounts for only a little
more than 1 per cent., the remainder must be placed to the
account of immigration into the District from other localities.
This great increase has raised the population from 50,000
(calculated) in 1857, to 68,000 in 1856, to 83,295 at the
census in 1861, and to a calculated number of 97,000 at the
present time. The rental of the Parish of Hackney has also
increased enormously, shewing a corresponding addition in the
number of houses In 1851, the rental was £211,000, in 1861,
the rental was £302,000, whilst in 1856, when the Metropolis