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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Distributed according to sex and legitimacy the births were as follows :—
| Male. | Female. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | |||
| Illegitimate | |||
| Totals |
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 Borough | ||
| Stamford Hill | ||
| Downs | ||
| West Hackney | ||
| Hackney | ||
| Kingsland | ||
| South Hackney | ||
| Clapton Park | ||
| Homerton |
The number of births and the birth-rates in England and Wales, London and Hackney, in 1937, together with the rates for the previous four years are shown below :—
| District. | 1937. | Birth-rates in previous years. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Births. | Birthrate. | 1936. | 1935. | 1934. | 1933. | |
| England and Wales | ||||||
| London | ||||||
| Hackney | ||||||
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 100. Of
this total, 38 have been allocated by the Registrar-General to other
districts, whilst the births of 42 still-born children in outlying areas
have been transferred to Hackney. The corrected figure is, therefore,
104. This represents a rate for the Borough of 0.50 per 1,000
of the population, as compared with 0.54 for London as a whole.
The total number of births of illegitimate infants registered
in the Borough during the year 1937 was 309 (298 living and 11