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*Illegitimacy.—The illegitimate births registered in the Borough
during the year numbered 356. Of this number 223 took place in the
Salvation Army Rescue Homes established in the district, 5 of them
only being of Hackney parentage. The actual number occurring
amongst Hackney residents is therefore 133. This gives an illegitimate
birth-rate of 21 per 1,000 births.
Deaths.—The deaths registered in the district during 1901
totalled 3,634; but of this total 463 deaths were of persons from
outside districts dying in institutions in the Borough, and in addition,
326 residents of Hackney died in institutions in other districts.
Making the necessary corrections, the nett deaths belonging to
Hackney amounted during the year to 3,497, which is equivalent to
a death-rate of 15.9 per 1,000 living persons. Correcting this rate
for age and sex distribution by means of the factor 1.04645, the true
mortality for Hackney for the year is 16.6 per 1,000. This shows an
improvement on the rate for 1900, which was 17.4 per 1,000 living.
The mortality rate for all London for the same period is 18.79 per
1,000 living.
Infant Mortality.—The number of children who died during
the year in the Borough under one year of age was 871. This is
equivalent to an infant mortality of 107.4 per 1,000 births. Below is
given a table showing the chief causes of infant mortality. The infant
mortality for all London for the same period is 149 per 1,000 births
*1 have here to acknowledge my indebtedness to Sir. Tom Osgood, Superintendent
Registrar, who has kindly abstracted for me the number of marriages and
illegitimate births for the year 1901.