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Hackney 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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is, moreover, a fact that the ratio is almost the same as in the
census year of 1871, and does not differ largely from the birth
rate of last year (1881), so that the calculations cannot be
far wrong.
TABLE II.
Births in the Sub-Districts of Hackney, 1882.
| Quarters. | Stoke Newington | Stamford Hill. | West Hackney. | Hackney. | South Hackney. | TOTALS. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 209 | 82 | 329 | 677 | 362 | 1659 |
| Second | 181 | 76 | 318 | 624 | 357 | 1556 |
| Third | 197 | 84 | 313 | 664 | 347 | 1605 |
| Fourth | 194 | 107 | 298 | 644 | 360 | 1603 |
| Totals | 781 | 349 | 1258 | 2609 | 1426 | 6423 |
| Per cent. 1882 | 12.2 | 5.4 | 19.6 | 40.6 | 22.2 | 100 |
| „ „ 1881 | 12.2 | 5.2 | 20.2 | 40.8 | 21.6 | 100 |
| „ „ 1871 | 7.6 | 4.9 | 23.4 | 38.2 | 25.9 | 100 |
| Per 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 |
The increase of births in Stoke Newington was not large
when compared with the returns for 1881, having been only 15
in excess. Of course the experience of one year is not to be
taken as an absolute check on the population, but if the
diminished rate should continue it would lead me to believe
that the increase of population in this parish had come to a
comparative standstill. There was an increase to a rather
greater extent in the Stamford Hill Sub-Registration district,
the births having been 349 in 1882 against 330 in 1881 ; whilst
in West Hackney there was a decided decrease, as only 1258
births were registered there during the year, against 1291 in
1881; but there was an excess of births in Hackney and South
Hackney sub-registration districts, especially in South Hackney,
where there were registered 1426 births against 1380 in 1881.
The percentages of births to the whole of the births in the
District were 12.2 in Stoke Newington, 5.4 in Stamford Hill,
19.6 in "West Hackney, 40.6 in Hackney, and 22.2 in South