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regards density of inhabitants, and eighth as regards the proportion
of servants to total inhabitants. We must, therefore, look
to other causes, and may conclude that the comparative absence
of manufactories; the open country adjacent to its eastern
boundaries; its soil and the inclination of the ground; the large
proportion of persons in good circumstances; and the active
sanitary works carried out, all contribute to the satisfactory result
of its being the third in the list of districts having an unusually
small death-rate.
Having now passed in review the various tables relating to
the last census, I shall now pass on to the discussion of tables
which relate to the district alone.

This table shows that the births varied slightly in the
different quarters, the largest number having been registered in
the first quarter, and the smallest in the second quarter; that
there were 417 births registered in Stoke Newington, 197 in
Stamford Hill, 1090 in West Hackney, 1660 in Hackney, and
1067 in South Hackney. As compared with last year the numbers
are in excess for Stoke Newington, West Hackney, Hackney,
and South Hackney, but less in Stamford Hill sub-district. The
increase for the year was only at the rate of 21 per 1000 births,
which is rather less than the average of late years.