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Hackney 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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still-born children), but of these the Registrar-General states that
237 should be transferred to districts outside the Borough, as the
mothers were not Hackney residents, and 38 births which took place
in other districts should be transferred to Hackney. These corrections
having been made, there remain 110 illegitimate births
amongst Hackney residents. This is equivalent to an illegitimate
birth-rate of 37.0 per 1,000 total births.
Notification of Births.—During the year 1937, notifications
were received of the birth within the Borough of 3,464 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 909 living and 3!> stillborn
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 1,509 living and 33 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. | Totals. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | Still Births. | Live Births. | Still Births. | Live Births. | Still Births. | Live Births. | Still Births. | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M . | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Corrected | 90 | 73 | 4 | 2 | 1162 | 1061 | 37 | 41 | 247 | 231 | 8 | 8 | 1499 | 1365 | 49 | 51 |
| Uncorrected | 126 | 103 | 4 | 2 | 1668 | 1419 | 49 | 38 | 83 | 65 | - | 1 | 1877 | 1587 | 53 | 41 |
DEATHS.
The deaths registered in the Borough during 1937 numbered
2,471, but of these 667 were deaths of non-residents who died inside
the Borough. There were, however, 503 residents of Hackney who
died during the year outside the Borough. On making the necessary
corrections, the number of deaths amongst Hackney residents
is 2,307. This is a decrease of 218 upon the number of
deaths occurring during 1936. The crude death-rate from all
causes for the year 1937 is 11.1 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,
known as areal comparability factors.