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Taking the standard of two persons per room as the limit beyond
which overcrowding begins, it will be seen that there were last year
1,051 one.roomed tenements, 1,264 two.roomed tenements, 888 three.
roomed tenements, and 463 four.roomed tenements, making a total
of 3,663 tenements overcrowded, and affecting a total population
of 22,192. The above total of 3,663 overcrowded tenements, which
amounts to nearly 8 per cent. of the total enumerated tenements in
the Borough, agrees closely with the estimate of 8 per cent made in
my report to the Council last year, on the Housing of the Working
Classes in Hackney.
Taking the acreage of the Borough to be 3,289 acres, and the
population 219,763, the density is equivalent to 66.8 persons per
acre. The density varies in the different sub.districts from 44.7 per
acre in the North sub.district to 99 6 per acre in the South.West
sub.district.
*Marriages.—The marriages solemnized in the Borough of Hackney
during the year reached the number 1,756. This is an increase of 72
on the number for the previous year. The marriage.rate for 1901 is
15.9 per 1,000 persons living. The marriage.rate for all London for
the same period is 17.6 per 1,000.
Births.—The births registered in the Borough during the year
1901 reached the total of 6,318, of which 3,192 were males and 3,126
females. The annual birth.rate therefore, for the Borough is 28'7 per
1,000 living persons, varying from 21.1 per 1,000 in North Hackney,
to 31.6 per 1,000 in South.West Hackney. The birth.rate for the
whole district shows a slight decrease upon that of the previous year,
which was 29.0 per 1,000 living. The birth.rate for all London
during 1901 is 29 0 per 1,000 living.