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acres of water, and 467 acres of open spaces of land, which
include the Marshes consisting of 345 acres.
It will also he noticed that although the number of deaths
is the largest, with one exception, during the ten years, the births
have steadily increased up to the present large number of 4755
in the year. The proportion of births to deaths was very high,
although the mortality was in excess of the average, as 170 births
were registered to each 100 deaths. The proportion of births in
1874 to each 100 in 1865 is as large as 141, whilst the deaths
have not maintained the same rate, as there were only 132 deaths
in 1874, to each 100 in 1865. The marriages which have been
celebrated each year in the district have not varied so much as the
births or deaths, still the table shows that they are on the increase.

The proportions of births in the sub-districts have varied
rather considerably since 1871, for although there has been a
larger number registered in all, yet the rate has changed,
especially in Stoke Newington, as it is now 9.4 per cent, of the
total, against only 7.6 in 1871. As regards Stamford Hill subdistrict
the ratio has become less, viz.:4.6 against 4.9 in 1871,
whilst in West Hackney there are now registered 1118 births
against 971 in 1871, or 23.5 against 23.4 per cent, of the whole.
Although the number of births registered in Hackney and South
Hackney are much larger than in 1871, 1804 births having been