Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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VITAL STATISTICS
Area 4,814 acres
Public open spaces 719 acres
Population
Estimate of Registrar General at mid-year 215,270
Density per acre 44.7
Rateable Value
Rateable value of the Borough 15,093,283
Estimated product of a penny rate 143,000
Number of inhabited homes 65,000
Marriages . . 1,525
Births and Deaths
Legitimate
Illigitimate
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
Male
Female
Total
Live Births
1,476
1,426
2, 902
405
388
793
1,881
1,814
3,695
Still Births
17
19
36
2
7
9
19
26
45
Live & Still Births
1,493
1,445
2,938
407
395
802
1,900
1,840
3, 740
Deaths (all causes)
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,406
1,389
2,795
Infant Mortality
37
32
69
8
8
16
45
40
85
Neo-natal Mortality
26
21
47
7
7
14
33
28
61
Early Neo-natal
23
19
42
6
7
13
29
26
55
Mortality
Perinatal Mortality
40
38
78
8
14
22
48
52
100
Crude birth rate per 1,000 population 17.2
Adjusted birth rate (area comparability factor 0.91) 16.9
Illegitimate birth rate per cent of total live births 21.0
Illegitimate birth rate for Greater London 11.0
Illegitimate birth rate for England and Wales 9.0
Stillbirth rate per 1,000 live and still births 12.0
Death rate
Crude Death rate per 1,000 population 13.0
Adjusted Death rate (area comparability factor 1.01) 13.1
Infant Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 23.0
(Legitimate - Illegitimate )
Neo-natal Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 17.0
Early Neo-natal Mortality rate per 1,000 live births 15.0
Perinatal Mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births 27.0
Maternal Mortality rate per 1,000 live and still births 0.3