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* I have here to acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr. A. W. Brewer,
Superintendent Registrar, who has kindly abstracted the number of marriages
for the year 1929.
Births and Birth-rate.—The births registered in the Borough of
Hackney during the year 1929 numbered 4,267, of which 2,179 were
males and 2,088 females. The total shows a decrease of 106 compared
with the number registered during 1928, but of these a certain
number must be transferred to other districts, and certain births,
which occurred in outlying districts, must be transferred to Hackney
in order to get an accurate birth-rate for the Borough. The
Registrar-General has supplied the number of these transferable
births, viz., 1,365 births to be transferred to other districts and 521
to Hackney. After these necessary corrections have been made, the
correct total of registered births amongst Hackney residents is 3,423.
From this figure the birth-rate for Hackney during 1929 has been
calculated to be 15.9 per 1,000 of the population. The birth-rate for
all London for the same period is 15.8 per 1,000 of the population.
Notification of Births Act, 1907.—Under the provisions of this
Act 4,225 notifications of births were received during 1929. This
total includes notifications from medical practitioners, midwives,
parents and others. The total is 42 less than the number registered
by the Registrars of Births.
Still-births.—Section 7 of the Births and Deaths Registration
Act, 1926, which came into operation on the 1st July, 1927, requires
the registration of every still-born child. The number of still-births
registered in the Borough during the year was 141. Of this total
48 have been allocated by the Registrar-General to other districts,
whilst the births of 18 still-born children in outlying areas have been
transferred to Hackney. The corrected figure is, therefore, 111.
This represents a rate for the Borough of 0.51 per 1,000 of the population,
as compared with 0.53 for London as a whole.