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Hackney 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: The following table shows the births and birth-rates for the year in the Borough and the various Electoral Wards:—

The following table shows the births and birth-rates for the year in the Borough and the various Electoral Wards:—

District.Births.Birth-rates.
The Borough3,51516.4
Stamford Hill56216.8
West Hackney30416.4
Kingsland28615 .5
Downs33816.7
Clapton Park65916.1
Homerton39916.7
South Hackney57517 .6
Hackney38215 .0

Table: The number of births and the birth-rates in England and Wales, London and Hackney in 1930, together with the rates for the previous four years are shown below

The number of births and the birth-rates in England and Wales, London and Hackney in 1930, together with the rates for the previous four years are shown below

District.1930.Birth-rates in previous years.
No. of Births.Birthrate.1929.1928.1927.1926.
England and Wales649,43016.316.316 .716.717.8
London69,44915715.715.916.117.1
Hackney3,51516.415.916. 015.717.2

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Section 7 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1926,
requires the registration of every still-born child. The number of
still-births registered in the Borough during the year was 175.
Of this total 58 have been allocated by the Registrar-General to
other districts, whilst the births of 24 still-born children in outlying
areas have been transferred to Hackney. The corrected figure is,
therefore, 141. This represents a rate for the Borough of 0.65 per
1,000 of the population, as compared with 0.56 for London as
a whole.
The total number of illegitimate births registered in the
Borough during the year 1930 was 386, but of these the RegistrarGeneral
states that 269 should be transferred to districts outside
the Borough, as the mothers were not Hackney residents, and
35 births which took place in other districts should be transferred
to Hackney. These corrections having been made, there remain
152 illegitimate births amongst Hackney residents. This is
equivalent to an illegitimate birth-rate of 43.2 per 1,000 births.
Notification of Births Act, 1907.—Under the provisions of this
Act 4,236 notifications of live births and 131 still-births were
received during the year. The following table shows the sources
from which the notifications were received:—