Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 |