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Hackney 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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of what the number will be, but such a result would be by no
means unexpected. The density of population is now getting
considerable, being as large as 47.8 per acre, without allowing
for the Marshes and other spaces which cannot be built on, which
amount, including water, to 467 acres. If these be deducted
the density of population would be 54.2 per acre, so that we can
scarcely hope for the death-rate remaining much longer so low as
it has hitherto been. The number of births was a very little in
excess of those for 1880, having been 6,377 against 6,371 in 1880,
and the birth-rate per 1,000 population was only 33.9, being less
than any year since 1873. The number of deaths, after due
allowance has been made for those of residents of this District in
extraneous hospitals was 3,614 against 3,321 in 1880, which was
a singularly healthy year.
TABLE II.
B irths in the S ub- D istricts of H ackney, 1880.
| Quarters. | Stoke Newington | Stamford Hill. | West Hackney. | Hackney. | South Hackney. | TOTALS. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 173 | 71 | 349 | 668 | 375 | 1636 |
| Second | 197 | 96 | 307 | 649 | 311 | 1560 |
| Third | 218 | 73 | 329 | 610 | 350 | 1580 |
| Fourth | 188 | 90 | 306 | 673 | 344 | 1601 |
| Totals | 776 | 330 | 1291 | 2600 | 1380 | 6377 |
| Per cent. 1881.. | 12.2 | 5.2 | 20.2 | 40.8 | 21.6 | 100 |
| „ „ 1871. | 7.6 | 4.9 | 23.4 | 38.2 | 25.9 | 100 |
| ,, Population, 1881 | 12.2 | 4.9 | 20.2 | 41.2 | 21.5 | 100 |
| „ „ 1871 | 7.9 | 5.3 | 22.4 | 40.1 | 24.3 | 100 |
This table shows the number of births registered in each of
the Sub-Districts during 52 weeks of the year. It will be seen
that Hackney Sub-District, as might have been expected from
its large population, viz. 76,886, considerably heads the list, but
it must be remembered that as the Hackney Union and the
City of London Union Workhouses, the Homerton Fever and
Small Pox Hospitals, and the German Hospital are in this Sub-