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Hackney 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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still.born children), but of these the Registrar.General states that
214 should be transferred to districts outside the Borough, as the
mothers were not Hackney residents, and 29 births which took place
in other districts should be transferred to Hackney. These corrections
having been made, there remain 121 illegitimate births
amongst Hackney residents. This is equivalent to an illegitimate
birth.rate of 38.9 per 1,000 total births.
Notifocation of Births Act, 1907.—Under the provisions of this
Act notifications were received of the birth within the Borough of
3,714 live children and 94 still.born children. Information with
regard to the birth of children to Hackney mothers at addresses
outside the Borough was received in respect of 674 living and 18
still.born children, whilst particulars of the birth of children within
the Borough whose home addresses were situated in other areas were
forwarded in the case of 1,382 living and 40 still.born children.
The following table shows the sources from which the notifications of birth (corrected and uncorrected) were received:—
| Medical Practitioners. | Midwives. | Parents and others. | Total. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Still Births. | Live Births. | Still Births. | Live Births. | Still Births. | Live Births. | Still Births. | |||||||||
| Corrected | M. | F. | M. | F. | M . | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
| 116 | 110 | 2 | 3 | 1182 | 1085 | 28 | 25 | 268 | 245 | 8 | 6 | 1566 | 1440 | 38 | 34 | |
| Uncorrected | 117 | 107 | 2 | 3 | 1679 | 1592 | 45 | 40 | 116 | 103 | 2 | 2 | 1912 | 1802 | 49 | 45 |
DEATHS.
The deaths registered in the Borough during 1934 numbered
2,759, but of these 734 were deaths of non.residents who died inside
the Borough. There were, however, 456 residents of Hackney who
died during the year outside the Borough. On making the necessary
corrections, the corrected number of deaths amongst Hackney
residents is 2,481. This is an increase of seven upon the number of
deaths occurrring during 1933. The crude death.rate from all
causes for the year 1934 is 11.7 per 1,000 of the population.
The crude death.rate of an area is not strictly comparable with
that for the country as a whole or with that for any other district
by reason of the variation of the sex and age group components of
which the populations are constituted. In order that a more
accurate index of the mortality.rates of the various areas might be
arrived at, the Registrar.General has furnished adjusting factors,
based upon average mortality.rates experienced in England and