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Hackney 1866

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: I now give a table of the number of births ant deaths in Hackney for the last twenty years, the rate of births to deaths, the rate of deaths in each 10,000 inhabitants for London and Hackney during the same period, also the number of houses in St. John's a Hackney, and St. Mary, Stoke Newington, in 1851 1861, and 1867.

I now give a table of the number of births ant deaths in Hackney for the last twenty years, the rate of births to deaths, the rate of deaths in each 10,000 inhabitants for London and Hackney during the same period, also the number of houses in St. John's a Hackney, and St. Mary, Stoke Newington, in 1851 1861, and 1867.

Years.Hackney No. of Births.Hackney No. of Deaths.Hackney No. of Births to 100 Deaths.London Death-rate per 1000 Inhabitants.Hackney Death-rate per 10,000 inhabitantsHackney No. of Houses.
184715271128135269234
184815411040148258209
184916091194135301231
18501656924179210178
18511799107415723419910,561
185220001117179225199
185318911207156243203
1854.20381417144203229
185521801419150243205
185622751371165221190
185724341484165224192
185824541629151239211
185925701663164227197
186026321542171225191
18612752174515723120614,296
186227681749158235188
186330751932159244214
186431702142148264224
186533562187153243208
186635082394150264229
186718,753
47,23530,288156240207

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This table shews that with the exception of the year
1853, the number of births in the district has increased
annually, sometimes at a smaller, but at other times at
a greater rate. The number of births in 1866 was
more than double that for 1847, having been 3508
against 1527; and also the deaths, which amounted to
2394 in 1866 against 1128 in 1847. The average rate