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Hackney 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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there were only 9,841, while in 1881 there are 22,780 persons
in that parish. The total increase for the whole District is
6l,449. There is an almost corresponding addition to the
number of inhabited houses, as there were 27,503 in 1881
against 19,367 in 1871, or an excess of 8,156 houses. The
number of persons in each house has increased from 6.46 to
6.77 for the whole District, but it varies in each Sub-District,
as there are 6.89 persons per house in Hackney, 6.93 in South
Hackney, 6.80 in West Hackney, 6.05 in Stamford Hill,
and 6.42 in Stoke Newington. The increase is not satisfactory
in a sanitary point of view, as infectious and other diseases
usually become more prevalent as the density of population
increases; but it is satisfactory to find that the death rate
of the District was only 19.6 per 1000 population in 1871-80
against 20.37 in 1861-70, and has therefore decreased instead
of increased, as might have been expected.
TABLE II. Hackney District, 1871-80.
| Estimated Population on July 1st. | Density of Population per acre. | Births. | ** * Deaths corrected | Marriages | No. of births to 1000 Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1871 | 125,886 | 31.9 | 4184 | 2820 | 1181 | 33.2 |
| 1872 | 129,666 | 32.9 | 4401 | 2506 | 1278 | 33.2 |
| 1873 | 133,896 | 34.0 | 4431 | 2594 | 1276 | 33.2 |
| 1874 | 139,020 | 35.3 | 4755 | 2799 | 1271 | 34.7 |
| 1875 | 145,144 | 36.9 | 4970 | 2948 | 1415 | 35.1 |
| 1876 | 152,648 | 38.7 | 5469 | 2825 | 1425 | 36.3 |
| 1877 | 160,000 | 40.7 | 5555 | 3092 | 1485 | 34.7 |
| 1878 | 167,750 | 42.5 | 5940 | 3392 | 1441 | 36.6 |
| 1879 | 176,050 | 44.5 | 6312 | 3285 | 1440 | 36.0 |
| 1880 | 181,538 | 46.2 | 6162 | 3321 | 1425 | 35.6 |
TABLE II.
Hackney District, 1871-80.
| 1871. | 1881. | |
|---|---|---|
| Population at census | 124,951 | 186,400 |
| no. of inhabited houses at census | 19,347 | 27,603 |
| No. of Families or separate occupiers at Census | 26,045 | — |
| No. of Persons on an average in each Inhabited House at do. | 6.46 | 6.77 |
*** NOTE.—The deaths are corrected so as to allow for deaths in the Sraall-pox and Fever
Hospitals, in the German Hospital and City of London Workhouse, which are situate in the
Hackney District; also for the proportion of deaths in other Metropolitan Hospitals.
Having already referred to the very large increase in the
number of inhabitants, I need only remark that it amounts to