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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 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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

2. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR,

Births—Total.M.F.
Legitimate3,8331,9761,973Birth Rate 17.2
Illegitimate116
Deaths2,472Death Rate10.8

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Number of women dying in, or in consequence of childbirth
:—
Fiom sepsis ... 3 From other causes 12
Deaths of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 births:—
Legitimate, 56. Illegitimate, 155. Total, 59.
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 12.
,, ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 4.
,, ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 63.
*Marriages and Marriage-rates.—During 1926 there were
1,888 marriages solemnised in the Borough of Hackney. The
annual rate for persons married during this period is therefore
16'5 per 1,000 of the population.

Table: The following table gives the number of marriages and mat riage-rates for the Borough of Hackney and London during the years 1916-1926.

The following table gives the number of marriages and mat riage-rates for the Borough of Hackney and London during the years 1916-1926.

Year.Borough of Hackney.London.
Marriages.Marriage rate.
19162,20621.020.3
19171,96218.018.5
19182,01118.321.0
19192,57122.823.0
19202,38021.121.7
19212,35821.019.6
19222,21219.618.3
19231,97117.417.3
19242,02417.817.3
19252,03917.817.2
Average, 1916—19252.17319.419.4
19261,88816.517.2

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* I have here to acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr. George Jewells,
Deputy Superintendent Registrar, who has kindly abstracted the number of
marriages for the year 1926.