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The marriage.rate showed a slight increase upon that for 1900,
but the birth.rate was slightly less than that of the previous year.
Although the population and density of the Borough is increasing
year by year, it may be regarded with justice as one of the healthiest
of the London Districts. Further on in this report reference is made
to the work of the Public Health Department in the detection and
abatement of nuisances and the prevention of the extension of
infectious disease. This work has been very satisfactory during the
year, so that I have no hesitation in stating that on the whole the
Sanitary Inspectors and the other Officers of the Department have
performed the duties allotted to them with zeal and to my satisfaction.
Population and Density.—Taking the rate of increase of the
population during the last decennium, as recorded in the Census
of April, 1901, as a basis, I calculate the population of Hackney at
the middle of 1901 to be 219,780 persons. With a total area of 3292
square acres, the density equals 66.7 persons per acre. The following
table shows the same facts for the different sub.districts of the
Borough:—

Wards.—As it is of importance for many local purposes to know
the population of the different Wards of the Borough, I include here
the number of houses in each Ward, with the population enumerated
at the censuses of 1896 and 1901.