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Hackney 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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last Census the numbers in Hackney were 115,110, and in
Stoke Newington, 9,841, making a total of 124,951. The
increase of the population in 70 years in Hackney was,
therefore, no less than 102,480, and in Stoke Newington, 8,019.
Rather more than 30 per cent. of the increase between
1861 and 1871 arose from excess of births over deaths, as there
were 34,328 births registered against 21,825 deaths, giving an
increase of 12,503 persons. It is also pretty certain that the
excess of births over deaths was larger than the number given
here, for although all the deaths are registered, we may be sure
that all the births are not. These returns are shown in the
Table No. XII. This table also proves that nearly 30,000
immigrants came to reside in this district during the decade
of 1861.71.
TABLE XII.
| HACKNEY DISTRICT | Registered in tde 10 years 1861—1870. | Excess of birtds registered over deatds. | Increase of tde population. 1861—1870. | ||
| Marriages | Birtds. | Deatds. | 1861—1870. | ||
| 10,280 | 34.328 | 21,825 | 12,503 | 41,656 | |
This large number of persons are distributed over the
district in greatly varying proportions as regards density;
indeed, out of the 3,935 acres belonging to the district, no less
than 467 consist of open spaces which cannot be built upon, and
101 acres of water. The average number of persons to an acre
was 32 for the whole district, including the 568 acres which
cannot be built upon. The land and water are distributed as
follows:—in Stoke Newington, 589 acres of land and 49 of
water; in Stamford Hill, 600 acres of land and 13 of water; in
West Hackney, 466 acres of land and only 1 of water; in