Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1915.

  • Hackney (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1916
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Credit: Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1915. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    9 (b) NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT, 1907. Notifications of Births (Live or Still-born) received during the year 1915. Year 1915. Medical Practitioners. Midwives. Parents and Others. Total. Live. Still. Live. Still. Live. Still. Live. Still. M. F. M. F M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Totals. 815 807 29 24 1.238 1,224 49 45 408 429 8 4 2,461 2,460 86 73 Illegitimate Births and Birth-rate.—The total number of illegitimate births registered in the Borough during the year 1915 was 404; but of these, I am informed by the Registrar-General. 300 should be transferred to districts outside of Hackney, as the mothers were not Hackney residents, and 18 births, taking place in other districts, should be transfer to Hackney. Making these corrections, there remain 122 illegitimate births amongst Hackney residents. This is equivalent to an illegitimate birth-rate of 25.2 per 1,000 births. The illegitimate birth-rate for 1914 was 25.0 per 1,000 births, practically the same as this in 1915. Deaths.—The deaths registered in the Borough during 1915 numbered 3,402, but of these 723 were deaths of non-residents dying in institutions and other places in the Borough. There were, however, 552 residents of Hackney who died, during the year, in institutions in other districts. On making the necessary correc tions, I find the correct number of deaths amongst Hackney residents during 1915 was 3,231. This is an increase of 103 upon the number of deaths occurring during 1914. The general death rate from all causes for the year 1915 is 14.8 per 1,000 of the population. On further correcting this rate for age and sex dis tribution by means of the factor 1.0066, I obtain the corrected general death-rate of 14.9 per 1.000 of the population for the year 1915. Compared with the corrected general death-rate for 1914, that of 1915 is 1 per 1,000 higher.