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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Live Births:— | Total. | M. | F. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | .2,587 | 1,342 | 1 ,245 | Birth-rate 15.66 | |
| Illegitimate | 123 | 67 | 56 | ||
| Still-Births | 52 | 29 | 23 | Rate per 1,000 total births 18.82 | |
| Deaths | 1,959 | 1,020 | 939 | Death-rate 11.32 | |
| Deaths from diseases and accidents of pregnancy and childbirth: — | |||||
| Puerperal Sepsis | Nil. | Nil. | |||
| Other Puerperal causes | |||||
| Total | |||||
| Death-rate of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births:— | |||||
| Legitimate, 21.03Illegitimate, 1.47 | Total, 22.50 | ||||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 334 | ||||
| „ „ Measles (all ages) | 1 | ||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 2 | ||||
| „ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 4 | ||||
POPULATION.
The Registrar-General's estimate of the civilian population of
Hackney in 1949 is 173,020. Total civilian and non-civilian
population, 173,220.
INHABITED HOUSES.
Number of inhabited houses (Census 1931) 34,155
Estimated number of inhabited houses (end of
1949) according to Rate Books 38,607
MARRIAGES AND MARRIAGE-RATE.
During 1949 there were 1,774 marriages solemnised in the
Borough of Hackney. The rate for persons married during this
period is therefore 10.24 per 1,000 of the total population.
BIRTHS AND BIRTH-RATE.
| Live Births. | Still-births. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | |
| Legitimate | 1,342 | 1,245 | 2.587 | 27 | 22 | 49 |
| Illegitimate | 67 | 56 | 123 | 2 | 1 | 3 |