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Hackney 1935

[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.
Legitimate1,5101,3472,857
Illegitimate4953102
Totals1,5591,4002,959

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 Borough2,95914.0
Stamford Hill56015.7
Downs28014.9
West Hackney29116.4
Hackney28111.1
Kingsland35317.4
South Hackney35716.4
Clapton Park45011.4
Homerton38712.0

Table: The number of births and the birth-rates in England and Wales, London and Hackney, in 1935, 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 1935, together with the rates for the previous four years are shown below :—

District.1935.Birth-rates in previous years.
No. of Births.Birthrate.1934.1933.1932.1931.
England and Wales599,16714.714.814.415.315.8
London63,14513.313.213.214.315.0
Hackney2,95914.014.214.014.515.5

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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 114. Of
this total, 46 have been allocated by the Registrar-General to other
districts, whilst the births of 37 still-born children in outlying areas
have been transferred to Hackney. The corrected figure is, therefore,
105. This represents a rate for the Borough of 0.49 per 1,000
of the population, as compared with 0.52 for London as a whole.
The total number of births of illegitimate infants registered
in the Borough during the year 1935 was 286 (274 living and 12