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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 1919 | 13.0 | 13.4 | ||
| 1915 | 14.9 | 16.1 | 1920 | 12.7 | 12.4 | ||
| 1916 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 1921 | 11.5 | 12.4 | ||
| 1917 | 14.6 | 15.0 | 1922 | 12.7 | 13.4 | ||
| 1918 | 18.9 | 18.9 | 1923 | 10.6 | 11.2 | ||
The relative position from a health point of view occupied by Hackney as compared with other Metropolitan Boroughs maybe seen from the following table, compiled from figures supplied by the Registrar-General, showing the death-rates from all causes and the death-rate of infants under 1 year of age for the year 1923 :—
| Boroughs. | Death rate from all causes per 1,000 living. | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 births. |
|---|---|---|
| Woolwich | 9.9 | 43 |
| Lewisham | 10.14 | 43 |
| Wandsworth | 10.14 | 52 |
| Stoke Newington | 10.2 | 46 |
| Hampstead | 10.3 | 42 |
| Fulham | 10.5 | 64 |
| City of Westminster | 10.6 | 46 |
| HACKNEY | 10.6 | 58 |
| Battersea | 10.8 | 49 |
| Greenwich | 10.9 | 60 |
| Camberwell | 11.0 | 56 |
| Stepney | 11.0 | 62 |
| Hammersmith | 11.0 | 64 |
| Deptford | 11.1 | 59 |
| Lambeth | 11.2 | 42 |
| City of London | 11.2 | 60 |
| Poplar | 11.3 | 60 |
| Bethnal Green | 11.3 | 68 |
| Islington | 11.6 | 66 |
| St. Marylebone | 11.7 | 66 |
| Paddington | 11.7 | 69 |
| St. Pancras | 12.1 | 63 |
| Holborn | 12.1 | 79 |
| Chelsea | 12.2 | 58 |
| Bermondsey | 12.2 | 76 |
| Kensington | 12.3 | 70 |
| Southwark | 12.8 | 68 |
| Finsbury | 13.0 | 60 |
| Shoreditch | 13.0 | 82 |