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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907.
| Year 1927 | 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 | 270 | 265 | 13 | 7 | 1,571 | 1,429 | 47 | 41 | 404 | 375 | 6 | 7 | 2,245 | 2,069 | 66 | 55 |
Illegitimate Births and Birth.rate.—The total number of illegitimate
births registered in the Borough during the year 1927 was 470,
but of these, the Register.General states that 347 should be transferred
to districts outside the Borough, as the mothers were not
Hackney residents, and 16 births which took place in other districts
should be transferred to Hackney. These corrections having been
made, there remain 139 illegitimate births amongst Hackney residents.
This is equivalent to an illegitimate birth.rate of 39.3 per 1,000 births.
The following table gives the number of registered births, birth.rates, etc., for the Sub.districts in the Borough:—
| Registration District of Hackney | Registration Sub-district | All London | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North | Central | South. west | South. East | |||
| Total No. of births | 4389 | 544 | 2131 | 706 | 1008 | 73263 |
| Rate per 1,000 living | 19.5 | 9.5 | 40.1 | 12.2 | 17.6 | 16.1 |
| No. of illegitimate births | 139 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Rate per 1,000 births | 39.3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
It will be noticed that the birth.rate is abnormally high in the
Central District compared with other registration Sub.districts. This
is accounted for by reason of 1,431 births occurring during the
year at the Salvation Army Mothers' Hospital, which Institution is
situate in the Central District. Of this number 1,043 births are
transferable to districts outside Hackney.
The following table shows the birth.rates for the Borough and
its Sub.Districts during the years 1917.1927, inclusive:—