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registered in Hackney against 1583, and 1166 in South Ilackney
against 1074 in 1871, yet the ratio is smaller, viz.: 37.9 against
38.2, and 24.5 against 25.9 per cent, of the total. The figures
undoubtedly indicate that the population of Stoke Newington is
increasing in a much greater proportion than in the other
sub-districts, and that West Hackney has participated in it to
a less extent.

The deaths in Stoke Newington have not kept pace with
the births, as there were only 190 deaths registered in 1874
against 165 in 1871, or at the rate of 142 births to each 100 in
1871, and only 115 deaths to each 100 in 1871. It is true that
the mortality of 1871 was unusually high, but this will not
account for the difference, and we must therefore conclude that
the population has become changed in its character by the
immigration of a uumber of married persons in the prime of life
and the consequent diminution in the proportion of unmarried
and elderly people. The deaths in Stamford Hill sub-district are
considerably in excess, as there were 136 deaths registered in
1874 against only 100 in 1871, but this difference has been
caused to a great extent by the very large number of aged persons
who died during the cold weather. In West Hackney and
Hackney the deaths were absolutely less than in 1871, as 579
deaths only were registered in West Hackney against 631 in 1871,
and 1275 in Hackney against 1313 in 1871, whilst in South
Hackney the number remains almost unchanged, as there were