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Hackney 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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VITAL STATISTICS
The London Borough of Hackney came into being on 1st April, 1965, following
the implementation of the London Government Act, 1963. It comprises the former
Metropolitan Boroughs of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington. The boundary
of the new Borough is the same as that for the former London County Council
Health Division No. 4. The Borough is industrial as well as residential in
character, and is divided into twenty wards for local government electoral
purposes, each ward being represented by three councillors.
Because of the re-organisation necessary during the first year of the new
Borough it is only practicable in certain cases to compare the vital statistics
of previous years with those of the former London County Council Division No. 4.
In the table below the comparable rates for 1964 are shown in brackets.
VITAL STATISTICS
| AREA | 4,812 acres | ||
| Public open spaces | 719 acres | ||
| POPULATION | 253,810 | ||
| Density per acre | 52.7 | ||
| RATEABLE VALUE | £14,388, 045 | ||
| Product of a penny rate | £57,400 | ||
| Number of inhabited homes | 65,100 | ||
| BIRTHS | |||
| LIVE BIRTHS - Legitimate | 2, 581 | 2,331 | 4,912 |
| Illegitimate | 472 | 466 | 938 |
| 3,053 | 2,797 | 5,850 | |
| CRUDE LIVE BIRTH RATE PER 1, 000 POPULATION | 23. 1 (23.8) | ||
| Birth rate after applying Area Comparability Factor of 0.9 | 20.7 (21.4) | ||
| ILLEGITIMATE LIVE BIRTHS PER CENT OP TOTAL LIVE BIRTHS | 16.0 (15.5) | ||
| STILL BIRTHS - Legitimate | 32 | 38 | 70 |
| Illegitimate | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 41 | 41 | 82 | |
| Still birth rate per 1,000 live and still births | 13.8 (13.7) | ||
| TOTAL LIVE AND STILL BIRTHS - Legitimate | 2,613 | 2, 369 | 4,982 |
| Illegitimate | 481 | 469 | 950 |
| 3,094 | 2,838 | 5,932 | |
| DEATHS | |||
| ALL CAUSES | 1,400 | 1,414 | 2,814 |
| CRUDE DEATH RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION | 11.1 | (11. D | |
| Death rate after applying Area Comparability Factor of 1.11 | 12.3 | (12.3) | |