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Deaths from all causes, 130 fewer than in the previous year, were 1,779.
Male deaths numbered 909 and female deaths 870. The crude death rate per
thousand of the population was 10.91, and the corresponding rates for the
County of London and for England and Wales were 11.4 and 11.5 respectively.
The corrected Hackney Death Rate after the application of the "area
comparability" factor of 1.08 was 11.78 - this factor makes allowances for
the age and sex distribution of the population.
Births The 3, 240 live births were 87 more than in the previous year. The
live birth rate per thousand of the population for Hackney was 19.87, as
compared with a rate of 17 8 for the County of London, and 17.1 for England and
Wales. The corrected birth rate for the Borough after applying the "area
comparability" factor of 0 94 was 18.68. The number of deaths of infants
under one year was 50, giving an infantile mortality rate per thousand live
births of 15.43- the comparable rates for the County of London and for England
and Wales were respectively 23.6 and 21.9,
Maternal Mortality. There were three deaths of mothers from causes associated
with pregnancy and childbirth.
Malignant disease in all sites claimed 390 lives giving a death rate of 2.39
per thousand of the population, as compared with a rate of 2.16 for Ehgland and
Wales. Malignant disease of the lung and bronchus was responsible for 79
male and 15 female deaths, giving a death rate from cancer of these sites of
0.58 - comparable rates for the County of London and England and Wales were
respectively 0 70 and 0.48.
Accidental deaths Fifteen persons, 11 males and 4 females, lost their
lives as a result of motor vehicle accidents - six of these deaths were persons
of 75 years and upwards. Accidents from all other causes claimed 28 lives,
and it would appear that 15 of these occurred in the home.
Infectious disease. In the year under review the incidence of serious
infectious disease was again low. Measles was prevalent throughout the year,
and a total of 468 cases were notified. Three cases of paralytic poliomyelitis,
two cases of meningococcal infection, one case of typhoid fever and one case
of paratyphoid fever occurred For the seventh successive year no clinical
case of diphtheria was notified, but one diphtheria carrier was discovered.
Tuberculosis. Of the 104 cases of tuberculosis notified for the first time,
92 related to pulmonary disease and 12 to the non-pulmonary form. Twelve men
and three women died from respiratory tuberculosis and one woman died from the
non-pulmonary form of the disease In addition, there were 16 deaths from
other causes of persons suffering from tuberculosis.
Housing The three Clearance Orders relating to areas in respect of which
Orders were made by the Council in 1959 were confirmed by the Minister in 1961,
thus completing the Council' s Clearance Programme for the Quinquennium ending
December 1960. With regard to the 1961-65 Quinquennial Clearance Programme,
a detailed survey of the Borough was made, and following consultation with the
London County Council, proposals for the clearance of 654 houses were sent to
the Minister of Housing and Local Government. Of this number 475 will be
dealt with by the London County Council and 179 by the Borough Council in
addition it was estimated that some 50 individual unfit houses will need to be
dealt with by closure or demolition procedure during the period in question
The 153 Closing Orders made during 1960 included 137 individual underground
rooms, 15 parts of premises and one house. As a result of this action 29
families were displaced and 17 were rehoused by the Borough Council and two by
the London County Council.