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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 1867

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: TABLE IV.

TABLE IV.

Years.Hackney No. of Births.Hackney No. of Deaths.Hackney No. of Births to 1(h) Deaths.London Death-rate per 1000 Inhabitants corrected.Hackney Death-rate per 10,000 Inhabitants corrected.Hackney No. of Houses.
184715271128135269234
184815411040148258209
184916091194135301231
18501656924179210178
18511799107415723419910,561
185220001117179225199
185318911207156243203
185420381417144203229
185521801449150243205
185622751371165221190
185724341484165224192
185824541629151239211
185925701563164227197
186026321542171225191
18612752174515723120614,296
186227681749158235188
186330751932159244214
186431702142148264224
186533562187153243208
186635082394150264229
18673858226917022921018,753
51,09332,557157240207

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Table 4 shows the number of births and deaths in Hackney
since 1847; that whilst the births were in 1867 very considerably
more than double the number registered in 1847, the deaths
were also as nearly as possible doubled. The average number
of births during this period was 157 to each 100 deaths; but
in 1867 the average was no less than 170 births to each 100
deaths. The corrected death-rate for the whole of London in
1867 was 230, and for the Northern Districts 232, and for the
Hackney District 210 in each 10,000 inhabitants. The proportion
of births registered in all London was 365, and in
Hackney 368 per 10,000 inhabitants, or 10 births to each 272
inhabitants, and 10 deaths to each 476 inhabitants of this