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Hackney 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: Distributed according to sex and legitimacy the births were as follows:—

Distributed according to sex and legitimacy the births were as follows:—

Male.Female.Total.
Legitimate1,5021,3992,901
Illegitimate4468112
Totals1,5461,4673,013

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 Borough3,01314.2
Stamford Hill60617.0
Downs28715.2
West Hackney19210.8
Hackney28611.3
Kingsland31715.6
South Hackney38417.5
Clapton Park46411.7
Homerton47714.8

Table: The number of births and the birth.rates in England and Wales, London and Hackney, in 1934, 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 1934, together with the rates for the previous four years are shown below:—

District.1934.Birth.rates in previous years.
No. of Births.Birthrate.1933.1932.1931.1930.
England and Wales598,08414.814.415.315.816.3
London56,85313.213.214.315.015.7
Hackney3,01314.214.014.515.516.4

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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 112. Of
this total, 45 have been allocated by the Registrar.General to other
districts, whilst the births of 23 still.born children in outlying areas
have been transferred to Hackney. The corrected figure is, therefore,
90. This represents a rate for the Borough of 0 42 per 1,000
of the population, as compared with 0 50 for London as a whole.
The total number of births of illegitimate infants registered
in the Borough during the year 1934 was 306 (293 living and 13