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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 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Table VIII.
Showing the decennial mean numbers in the years 1841.70, of the births and deaths; of the ratios of births to
deaths; of births to population; of deaths under 1 year to total births; of deaths from "all causes,"
and from tiie seven most fatal zymotic diseases to
1,000 population. Also tiie same for each year during 1871.79.
| Years. | Number of births. | Number of deaths Correctd | No. of births to each 100 deaths. | No. of births to 1000 population. | Deaths under 1 year to 1000 births. | Death.rate per 1000 population. | Death.rate per 1000 population from seven principal epidemic diseases. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackney | Hackney | Hackney | Hackney | Hackney | London | Hackney | London | England | London | Hackney | |
| 1871 | 4181 | 2814 | 149 | 33.2 | 152 | 171 | 22.4 | 24.6 | 4.55 | 5.96 | 5.96 |
| 1872 | 4401 | 2187 | 174 | 33.2 | 149 | 159 | 193 | 21.5 | 3.98 | 3.83 | 18.77 |
| 1873 | 4431 | 2594 | 171 | 33.2 | 151 | 159 | 191 | 22.5 | 2.92 | 3.39 | 2.85 |
| 1874 | 4775 | 2799 | 170 | 34.7 | 139 | 155 | 20.0 | 22.6 | 3.64 | 3.30 | 70 .1 |
| 1875 | 4970 | 2948 | 168 | 35.1 | 146 | 162 | 206 | 23.8 | 3.44 | 3.87 | 3.17 |
| 1876 | 5469 | 2825 | 193 | 35.8 | 139 | 157 | 185 | 22.2 | 311 | 3.69 | 3.25 |
| 1877 | 5555 | 3092 | 179 | 34.7 | 136 | 146 | 19.3 | 219 | 2.71 | 3.48 | 3.36 |
| 1878 | 5910 | 3392 | 175 | 35.6 | 144 | 164 | 20.2 | 23.5 | 3.32 | 4.10 | 3.74 |
| 1879 | 6312 | 3285 | 192 | 35.9 | 133 | 147 | 18.7 | 23.2 | 2.39 | 3.35 | 2.29 |
| Means 1871.9 | 5115 | 2915 | 175 | 31.6 | 142 | 158 | 19.8 | 22.9 | 3.44 | 3.87 | 3.46 |
| 1861) to 1871 | 3110 | 2182 | 156 | 33.8 | 143 | . | 20.37 | 2443 | 416 | 4.79 | 3.78 |
| 1851) to 1861 | 2223 | 1391 | 159 | 31.8 | 128 | . | 19.14 | 2377 | 3.86 | 4.55 | 3.56 |
| 1841) to 1851) | 1398 | 916 | 146 | 28.3 | 12? | . | 19.18 | 24.77 | 3.64 | 4.44 | Separate statistcs not kept |
The enormous increase in the population of Hackney since
1841 is well shown by that of the birth and death rates, as in
1841.50 the average annual number of births registered was 1,398,