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Hackney 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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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 Borough2,74513.4
Ridley18613.4
Downs17912.4
Town Hall18015.0
Graham15013.1
Dalston14915.1
Culford10913.6
Stamford19511.4
Springfield24115.1
Maury19012.3
Southwold18814.8
Leaside15712.4
Marsh15311.3
Wick17012.6
Chatham15112.5
Park18613.6
Tudor16116.6

Table: The number of births and the birth-rates in England and Wales, London and Hackney, in 1938, 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 1938, together with the rates for the previous four years are shown below:—

District.1938.Birth rates in previous years.
No. of Births.Birthrate.1937.1936.1935.1934.
England and Wales621,60115.114.914.814.714.8
London54,49513.413.313.613.313.2
Hackney2,74513.413.414.414.014.2

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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 during the year as having occurred to Hackney
women was 96. This represents a rate for the Borough of 0.46 per
1,000 of the population, as compared with 0.48 for London as a
whole.
The total number of births of illegitimate infants born to
Hackney mothers and registered during the year 1938 was 125
(114 living and 11 still-born children). This is equivalent to an
illegitimate birth-rate of 43.9 per 1,000 total births.