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Hackney 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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1. GENERAL STATISTICS.
Area (acres) 3,237
Population—Census, 1901 219,1780
,, —Census, 1911 222,674
„—Census, 1921 222,159
,, —-Estimated, 1923 226,400
Number of inhabited houses, 1923 33,495
Number of families or separate
occupiers (1921) 56,020
Rateable Value £1,270,899
Sum represented by a penny rate £5,207
Population.—'The population for the whole Borough gives a
density of 68'8 persons per acre, varying from 53.0 persons per
acre in the Northern Sub-district to 99.0 persons per acre iri the
South-western Sub-district. The following table gives the estimated
population &nd density of population per acre for each of
the Registration Sub-districts in the Borough:—

Table: Table showing Estimated Population, Area and Density of the Registration Sub-Districts in Hackney at middle of1923.

Table showing Estimated Population, Area and Density of the Registration Sub-Districts in Hackney at middle of1923.

NorthCentralSouth-WestSouth-EastTotal for HackneyTotal for London
Estimated population57,32153,53558,04557,499226,4004,534,230
Area in square acres1,0808575867643,28774,815
Density, persons per acre53062499075 268.860.6

Table: 2. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.

2. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.

Births—Total.M.F.
Legitimate4,3432,2732,160Birth Rate 19.6
Illegitimate90
Deaths2,406Death Rate10.6

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