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Hackney 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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SOCIAL CONDITIONS AND VITAL STATISTICS
Hackney, one of the County of London's twenty-eight Metropolitan Boroughs,
is situated in the north-eastern part of the County. To the south are the
Metropolitan Boroughs of Shoreditch, Bethnal Green and Poplar, to the west the
Metropolitan Boroughs of Islington and Stoke Newington; the northern boundary
adjoins the Municipal Borough of Tottenham, and the boroughs of Walthamstow
and Leyton form the eastern boundaries.
Of the borough's total area of some 3,287 acres, some 628.66 form public
open spaces. Responsibility for the maintenance of 614 66 acres lies with
the County Council, and the Borough Council is responsible for the remaining
14 acres.
The borough is residential as well as industrial in character and is
divided into 16 wards for local government electoral purposes, each ward being
represented by three Councillors
At the 1st April, 1960, the rateable value was £2,656,454. and the product
of a penny rate for the financial year 1960-61 was estimated to be £10,620.
The number of inhabited hereditaments at the end of the year was 40,969.
The population of the borough as enumerated at the census of 1931 and that of 1951 was : -
| 1931 | 1951 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Males | Females | Persons | Males | Females |
| 215, 333 | 99,794 | 115, 539 | 171, 342 | 80,837 | 90, 505 |
The following table sets out the Registrar General's estimated population of the borough over the past 25 years:-
| Year | Estimated Population | Year | Estimated Population | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEN YEARS | 1936 | 209, 100 | TEN YEARS | 1946 | 166,560 | ||
| 1937 | 206,700 | 1947 | 174, 240 | ||||
| 1938 | 205 , 200 | 1948 | 172,900 | ||||
| 1939 | 195 , 300 | 1949 | 173,020 | ||||
| 1940 | 168 , 290 | 1950 | 172, 100 | ||||
| 1941 | 123,720 | 19 51 | 170, 800 | ||||
| 1942 | 131, 200 | 1952 | 171,000 | ||||
| 1943 | 136 , 270 | 1953 | 169,600 | ||||
| 1944 | 135, 540 | 1954 | 168,600 | ||||
| 1945 | 140, 570 | 1955 | 167,200 | ||||
| FIVE YEARS | 1956 | 165,800 | |||||
| 1957 | 165,000 | ||||||
| 1958 | 163,400 | ||||||
| 1959 | 163,200 | ||||||
| 1960 | 163,050 | ||||||