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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 1868

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: TABLE IV.Births & Deaths in Hackney ; 52 Weeks in each Year.

TABLE IV.

Births & Deaths in Hackney ; 52 Weeks in each Year.

Tears.Hackney No. of Births.Hackney No. of Deaths.Hackney No. of Births to 100 Deaths.London Death-rate por 10,000 Inhabitants corrected.Hackney Death-rate per 10,000 Inhabitants correctod.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
186738582269170229210
18683776224316323620619,471
54,86934,800157239207

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Table 4 shows the number of births and deaths in Hackney
between 1847 and 1868, during which period the births have
considerably more than doubled, and the deaths also doubled.
The number of houses is also more than twice as great as in
1847. The ratio of births to deaths has also considerably increased,
the average for the whole period being 157 births to
each 100 deaths, in 1847 it was 135, and in 1868 163 to each
100. This shows not only that the district is in a better
sanitary condition, but also that there is a larger proportion of
married persons of middle age than there was in 1847. The