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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Wales during the three years 1930/2 divided into eleven sex-age
groups and applied to the corresponding sex-age groups in the 1931
census population of every Borough, Urban and Rural district in
the country. The comparability factor for Hackney thus arrived
at is 105 and this figure will be used for arriving at the corrected
death-rate of the Borough until the revised population constitution
of the Borough is available from the next census. When the crude
death-rate of the Borough is multiplied by this factor a corrected
death-rate of 11.1 is secured for comparison with the crude deathrate
of the country or with the similarly adjusted rates of other
areas.
The following table shows the number of deaths and the death-rates in England and Wales, London, Hackney and the Electoral Wards of the Borough in 1935, and the rates for the previous three years:—
| District. | 1935. | Crude Death-rates in previous years. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Deaths. | Crude Death-rate. | 1934. | 1933. | 1932. | |
| England and Wales | 477,371 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 12.0 |
| London | 50,613 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 12.2 | 12.3 |
| Hackney | 2,234 | 10.6 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 11.5 |
| Stamford Hill | 369 | 10.3 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 11.0 |
| Downs | 189 | 10.0 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 |
| West Hackney | 186 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 11.9 |
| Hackney | 236 | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 12.6 |
| Kingsland | 287 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 14.3 | 12.0 |
| South Hackney | 234 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 10.7 |
| Clapton Park | 339 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 10.0 | 10.8 |
| Homerton | 394 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 11.6 | 11.8 |
| District. | Area (acres). | Population (estimated). | Crude Death-rate. | Infantile Death-rate. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North | 1,294 | 69,370 | 10.6 | 47.5 |
| Central | 918 | 71,450 | 10.8 | 47.7 |
| South | 1,080 | 69,780 | 10.3 | 47.6 |
| Whole Borough | 3,292 | 210,600 | 10.6 | 47.6 |
Deaths in Public and Other Institutions.—There were 1,631
deaths in public institutions in the Borough during 1935. Of these,
604 were residents of other districts, and the remaining 1,027 were
residents of Hackney.