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Hackney 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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The areal comparability factor for Hackney is 1.05 and when
the crude death-rate of the Borough is multiplied by this factor a
corrected death-rate of 11.7 is secured for comparison with the crude
death-rate of the country or with the similarly adjusted rates of
other areas.

Table: 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 1937, and the rates for the previous three years:—

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 1937, and the rates for the previous three years:—

District.1937.Crude Death-rates in previous years.
No. of Deaths.Crude Death-rate.1936.1935.1934.
England and Wales509,56012.412.111.711.8
London50,08112.312.511.411.9
Hackney2,30711.112.010.611.7
Wards:—
Stamford Hill36310.410.810.312.4
Downs21111.412.910.011.4
West Hackney20011.516.110.511.3
Hackney25310.212.89.310.5
Kingsland28114.214.214.114.7
South Hackney24311.313.010.711.9
Clapton Park3539.18.08.69.4
Homerton40312.812.412.313.0

Table: Death Rates in Parliamentary Districts.

Death Rates in Parliamentary Districts.

District.Area (acres).Population (estimated).Crude Death-rate.Infantile Death-rate.
North1,29468,09011.347.7
Central91870,13011.839.8
South1,08068,48011.442.5
Whole Borough3,292206,70011.143.4

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Deaths in Public and Other Institutions.—There were 1,647
deaths in public institutions in the Borough during 1937. Of these,
650 were residents of other districts, and the remaining 997 were
residents of Hackney.