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Hackney 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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per 1,000. On further correcting this rate for age and sex dis
tribution by means of the factor 1.0066, I obtain the corrected
general death rate of 12.3 per 1,000 of the population for the year
1912. The corrected general death-rate for the year 1911 was
15.0 per 1,000 of the population, so that the death-rate for 1912
is 2.7 per 1,000 of the population lower than the rate for the
previous year. The chief causes of this abnormally low death-rate
?re no doubt to be sought in the very low incidence of the
infectious fevers and summer diarrhoea during the past year,
combined with a very mild winter and summer.
| Sub-District. | Population. | No. of Births. | Birthrate. | Total Deaths. | Death-rate. (Crude.) | Deaths under 1 year. | Infant Mortality per 1,000 Births. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The corrected annual death-rate from all causes for London
during 1912 is 13'6 per 1,000 living.
The following shows the death rate of Hackney from all causes per 1,000, compared with London during the last decade.
| Year. | Hackney. | London. | Year. | Hackney. | London. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | 14.7 | 15.7 | 1908 | 13.9 | 14.5 |
| 1904 | 16.0 | 16.6 | 1909 | 13.2 | 14.0 |
| 1905 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 1910 | 12.3 | 13.3 |
| 1906 | 14.1 | 15.1 | 1911 | 15.0 | 15.8 |
| 1907 | 14.4 | 15.35 | 1912 | 12.3 | 13.6 |
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