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Hackney 1867
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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suffocation, hanging, cut-throat, and convulsions, 1 each. The
small-pox and fever cases were removed from houses in which
the body must have remained in a room with the living, if there
had not been a Mortuary in the District.
I shall now proceed to discuss the tables which I have
formed for ascertaining the birth and mortuary rates for
Hackney, and of contrasting them with those for the NorthEast
District and for London at large.
The first table which I shall lay before you shows the
number of births for each quarter of the year, in each of the
sub-districts of Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill, West Hackney,
Hackney, and South Hackney.
1867.—Births in each Sub-District.
| Quarters. | Stoke Newington | Stamford Hill. | West Hackney. | Hackney. | South Hackney. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 52 | 34 | 230 | 374 | 266 | 956 | |
| Second | 49 | 44 | 272 | 384 | 267 | 1016 | |
| Third ... | 55 | 47 | 216 | 376 | 230 | 924 | |
| Fourth | 53 | 41 | 223 | 387 | 259 | 963 | |
| Totals | 209 | 166 | 941 | 1521 | 1022 | 3859 | |
| Per Centages | Births | 5.4 | 4.3 | 24.4 | 39.4 | 26.5 | 100 |
| Pop.1861 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 29.2 | 37.8 | 18.5 | 100 | |
By this table we perceive that 3,859 births were registered
during the year in the whole District; and that 209, or 5.4 per
cent. were registered in Stoke Newington; 166 or 4.3 per cent.
in Stamford Hill; 941 or 24.4 per cent. in West Hackney; 1521
or 39.4 per cent. in Hackney; and 1022 or 26.5 per cent. in
South Hackney.
On comparing the per centage of births in 1861 and 1867
with the per centage of population in 1861, we find that a very