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PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
TOWN HALL HACKNEY, E 8
November, 196j
To His Worship the Mayor and to the Aldermen and
Councillors of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen
I have pleasure in presenting the Annual Report on the health and sanitary
circumstances of the Borough of Hackney for the year 1962 The report is the
one hundred and seventh. During the year Dr. Fenton had been Medical Officer
of Health for part of the time, but resigned his appointment in September and
I did not take up my appointment until the beginning of the New Year.
Statistics The Registrar General s estimate of the mid-year population was
163 400, an increase of 220 persons on the previous year. There were 958 male
and 958 female deaths, a total of 1,916 deaths from all causes, as compared
with 1 919 in 1961. The crude death rate per thousand of the population for
the borough was 11 72 as compared with a rate of 12 0 for the County of London
and of 11 9 for England and Wales. The corrected death rate for Hackney after
applying the "area comparability" factor of 1 06 was 12 43
The number of live births was 3 773 giving a birth rate of 23.09 for
Hackney against a rate of 19 6 for the County of London and 18 0 for England
and Wales. The corrected birth rate for Hackney after applying the "area
comparability" factor of 0 94 was 21 70 The 76 deaths of infants under one
year of age was a decrease of seven on the previous year, and gave an infantile
mortality rate of 20 14 the corresponding rates for the County of London and
for England and Wales were 21 1 and 21 6 respectively. There were seven
deaths of women from causes associated with pregnancy or childbirth.
Malignant disease Malignant disease in all sites was responsible for 451
deaths as compared with 408 in 1961 whilst malignant disease of the lung and
bronchus claimed 85 male and 12 female lives.
Accidental deaths Motor vehicle accidents were responsible for 11 male
and 7 female deaths, and all other accidents accounted for 25 deaths.
Housing Three Clearance Orders were made in respect of a total of 28 houses.
Confirmation of these three Orders and also two Orders affecting 28 houses
made in 1961, is awaited The 99 Closing Orders made included 84 individual
underground rooms and 15 parts of premises Thirteen families displaced as a
result of this action were rehoused by the Borough Council and one by the
London County Council. Under the Rent Act 1957 there was again a reduction
in the number of applications for the certificates of disrepair which totalled
only 8 as compared with 12 in the previous year There were 11 applications
for cancellation of certificates of disrepair as against 20 in 1961, and
applications for certificates as to the remedying of defects totalled 16 as
compared with 17 in the previous year
Atmospheric Pollution The phased programme for Smoke Control Areas adopted
by the Council in 1961 envisages the making of Smoke Control Orders coming into
operation at approximately six monthly intervals the last such Order to become
operative in mid 1966 In February the Minister confirmed the No. 4 Smoke
Control Order, which came into operation on the 1st November 1962 The Order
in respect of the No 5 Area (operative 1st July 1963) made by the Council in
March was confirmed by the Minister on the 19th September, and on the 26th
September a further Order (No 6) with 1st November, 1963 as the operative
date, was made and submitted to the Minister for confirmation