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small pox 1, fever 5, cholera 1, choleraic diarrhœa 1, 1 woman
found dead iu the police cell, 1 from convulsions, 14 from
drowning, 6 newly-born, and 2 from accidents. The small-pox
and fever cases were removed from rooms in which people were
living.
I shall now proceed to lay before your a statistical account
of the birth and death rates in the sub-districts; the causes of
death; the ages at death; and other tables necessary to ascertain
the sanitary condition of the district during the year.

Before discussing table 1, I may mention that the Registrar
General included 53 weeks in the year, but for purposes
of comparison I have excluded the week ending January 4th,
1868, and made up my return for 52 weeks as usual. This is
an error of one day in each year, which does not affect the results
for purposes of comparison.
Table 1 shows that there were 3776 births registered during
the year, of which 982 took placc in the first quarter, 914 in
the second, 881 in the third, and 999 in the fourth : that 209
births were registered in the Stoke Newington sub-district, 176
in Stamford Hill, 890 in West Hackney, 1443 in Hackney, and
1058 in South Hackney.