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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 X.
Showing the decennial mean numbers in the years 1841-
71, of the births and deaths, of the ratios op births to deaths, op births to population, op deaths under 1 year to total births, op deaths from all causes, and from seven most fatal zymotic diseases, to 1,000 population. A lso the same for each year during
1871-76.
| Years. | Hackny | Hackny | Hackny | Hackny | Hackny | Hackny | London | Death rate per 1000 population from seven principal epidemic diseases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N umber of births. | Total number of deaths. Correctd | No. of births to each 100 deaths. | No. of births to 1000 population. | Deaths under 1 year to 100 births. | Death rate per 1000 population. Correctd | Death rate per 1000 inhabitants. | ||||
| Englnd. | London | Hackny | ||||||||
| 1841 to 1851 | 1398 | 946 | 146 | 28.3 | 12.8 | 19.18 | 24.77 | 3.64 | 4.442 | .. |
| 1851 to 1861 | 2223 | 1391 | 159 | 31.8 | 12.7 | 19.14 | 23.77 | 3.864 | 4.551 | 3.56 |
| 18611 to 1871 | 3440 | 2182 | 156 | 33.8 | 14.3 | 20.37 | 24.43 | 4.163 | 4.789 | 3.78 |
| 1871 | 4184 | 2814 | 149 | 33.2 | 15.2 | 22.4 | 24.6 | 4.55 | 5.55 | 5.96 |
| 1872 | 4401 | 2487 | 174 | 33.2 | 14.9 | 19.3 | 21.5 | 3.98 | 3.83 | 3.77 |
| *873 | 4431 | 2594 | 171 | 33.2 | 15.1 | 19.1 | 22.5 | 2.92 | 3.39 | 2.85 |
| 1874 | 4775 | 2799 | 170 | 34.7 | 13.9 | 20.0 | 22.6 | 3.64 | 3.30 | 2.76 |
| 1875 | 4970 | 2948 | 168 | 35.1 | 14.6 | 20.6 | 23.7 | 3.30 | 3.89 | 3.17 |
| 1876 | 5469 | 2825 | 193 | 35.8 | 13.9 | 18.5 | 22.3 | 3.00 | 3.60 | 3.25 |
| Means | 4705 | 2744 | 171 | 34.2 | 14.6 | 20.0 | 22.9 | 3.56 | 3.93 | 3.63 |
This table shows, amongst other things, the enormous
increase in the population of the district, as the mean annual
number of births during the ten years in 1841-50 was only
1398, against 5469 in 1876, and 4705 for the six years, 1871-6.
The deaths have also increased in about an equal ratio, as the
average of the first ten years was only 946, that of the third ten