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Hackney 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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population in many country places, as well as in the City is
readily accounted for. To a certain extent the low death rate
of all London, and especially of its suburbs, is caused by the
immigration of young persons between 15 and 35 years of age,
at which age comparatively few die as compared with the
population at all ages.
TABLE I. H ackney D istrict, 1872-81.
| Estimated Population on July 1st. | Density of Population per acre. | Births. | * * * Deaths corrected | Marriages | No. of Births to 1000 Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 115,141 | 36.9 | 4970 | 2948 | 1415 | 35.1 |
| 1876 | 152,648 | 38.7 | 5469 | 2825 | 1425 | 36.3 |
| 1877 | 160,000 | 40.7 | 5562 | 3092 | 1485 | 34.7 |
| 1878 | 167,250 | 42.5 | 5978 | 3392 | 1441 | 35.5 |
| 1879 | 174,350 | 44.5 | 6207 | 3285 | 1440 | 36.0 |
| 1880 | 181,538 | 46.2 | 6331 | 3321 | 1425 | 35.0 |
| 1881 | 188,240 | 47.8 | 6377 | 3614 | 1494 | 33.9 |
| 1871. | 1881. | |||||
| Population at Census | 124,951 | 186,400 | ||||
| No. of Inhabited Houses at Census | 19,347 | 27,503 | ||||
| No. of Families or separate occupiers at Census | 26,045 | — | ||||
| No. of Persons on an average in each Inhabited House at do. | 6.46 | 6.78 | ||||
*** NOTE.—The deaths are corrected so as to allow for deaths in the Small-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.
As I have already referred to the increase of the population of
this District since 1851, I have not much to add on that point
in discussing the table now under consideration, which is one of
those annually laid before you. It will be seen that the increase
during the 10 years, 1872-81, has been nearly 60,000 or almost
50 per cent., which, considering the large number in 1872, was
scarcely to have been expected. If the same rate of increase of our
present population be maintained, there will be nearly 270,000
inhabitants in 1891. This calculation is probably in excess