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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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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. | |
| — | — | |||||||||||||||
DEATHS.
The deaths registered during the year, adjusted for inward and
outward transfers and excluding non-civilian deaths registered
after the 3rd September, 1939, numbered 2,223. The crude death
rate from all causes is 11.3 and the corrected death rate is 11.8.
The comparable rate for England and Wales is 12.1 and that for
London 11.9.