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Hackney 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Still Births.—Amongst the births notified were 132 still-born.
This is equal to 3.1 per cent. of those notified. I give here a table
showing the number of notifications received, with other details in
connection with the same.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907.
Notifications of Births (Live or Still-born) received, during the year 1917.
| Year 1917. | Medical Practitioners. | Midwives. | Parents and Others. | * Total. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live. | Still. | Live. | Still. | Live. | Still. | Live. | Still. | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Totals. | 478 | 492 | 23 | 25 | 1,294 | 1,205 | 40 | 30 | 316 | 318 | 10 | 4 | 2,088 | 2,015 | 73 | 59 |
Illegitimate Births and Birth-rate.—The total number of
illegitimate births registered in the Borough during the year 1917
was 570; but of these, I am informed by the Registrar-General,
432 should be transferred to districts outside Hackney, as the
mothers were not Hackney residents, and 26 births, taking place
in other districts should be transferred to Hackney. Making these
corrections, there remain 164 illegitimate births amongst Hackney
residents. This is an increase of 7 on the number during 1916.
The illegitimate birth-rate for Hackney during 1917 is 43.7 per
1,000births, that for 1916 was 31.2 per 1,000 births.
Deaths.—After making the necessary corrections for residents
dying in outlying institutions and non-residents dying in institutions
in the Borough, I find the corrected number of deaths
amongst Hackney residents during 1917 was 2,853. This is a
decrease of 28 upon the number occurring during 1916. The
general death-rate from all causes for the.year .1917 is therefore
14.5 per 1,000 of the population. For the calculation of this rate
I have used the Registrar-General's estimated population of