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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 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Table IV.
1876.—Deaths in each Sub-District.
| Quartets. | Stoke Newington | Stamford Hill. | West Hackney. | Hackney. | South Hackncy. | Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 65 | 40 | 162 | 298 | 163 | 728 |
| Second | 67 | 28 | 117 | 289 | 138 | 639 |
| Third | 58 | 39 | 151 | 307 | 174 | 729 |
| Fourth | 62 | 26 | 119 | 372 | 150 | 729 |
| Totals | 252 | 133 | 549 | 1266 | 625 | 2825 |
| „ 1872 | 191 | 121 | 568 | 1038 | 569 | 2487 |
This table shows that 252 deaths out of the 2825 were
registered in Stoke Newington, 133 in Stamford Hill, 549 in
West Hackney, 1266 in Hackney, and 625 in South Hackney,
being a smaller number in West Hackney than in 1872, but a
larger number in all the other sub-districts, especially in Stoke
Newington and Hackney, as might have been expected from the
birth rates.
I have taken 1872 instead of 1871 as a basis of comparison
in consequence of the excessive mortality from small pox in the
latter year. I have also not made any calculations of the death
rates in the sub-districts, in consequence of the deaths in the
German Hospital, the Small Pox and Fever Hospitals, the East
London Union, and the Hackney Union being all registered in
the Hackney sub-district. If these deaths were eliminated the
population must be eliminated also, and the deaths in the
Workhouse distributed pro rata to population in the other
sub-districts. As the population has increased more in one
district than another, this would introduce many elements of
error, so that I prefer leaving it out at any rate until after the
next Census.