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Hackney 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Notification of Births.—During the year 1938, notifications
were received of the birth within the Borough of 3,634 live children
and 96 still-born children. Information with regard to the birth
of children to Hackney mothers at addresses outside the Borough
was received in respect of 913 living and 34 still-born 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 1,796 living and 47 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 Birth3. | 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 | 86 | 103 | 5 | 1 | 1114 | 1044 | 43 | 24 | 217 | 187 | 5 | 5 | 1417 | 1334 | 53 | 30 |
| Uncorrected | 167 | 164 | 7 | 2 | 1636 | 1540 | 50 | 36 | 67 | 60 | 1 | - | 1870 | 1764 | 58 | 38 |
DEATHS.
The deaths registered in the Borough during 1938 numbered
2,422, but of these 712 were deaths of non-residents who died inside
the Borough. There were, however, 490 residents of Hackney who
died during the year outside the Borough. On making the necessary
corrections, the number of deaths amongst Hackney residents
is 2,200. This is a decrease of 107 upon the number of deaths
occurring during 1937. The crude death-rate from all causes for
the year 1938 is 10.7 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.
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 11.2 is secured for comparison with the crude
death-rate of the country or with the similarly adjusted rates of
other areas.