[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney].

  • Hackney (London, England). Board of Works.
Date:
1865
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    8 TABLE II. 1857-64.—Birth-Hate in each sub-district. Years. Stoke Newington. Stamford Hill West Hackney Hackney South Hackney Totals. 1857 6.8 6.2 32.2 37.8 17.0 100 1858 6.7 5.1 32.9 37.3 18.0 100 1859 6.7 6.1 31.8 36.7 18.7 100 1860 5.8 5.0 31.5 38.6 19.1 100 1861 6.2 4.6 29.8 39.7 18.5 100 1862 6.9 5.0 27.9 39.0 21.2 100 1863 6.1 5.3 26.1 38.9 23.6 100 1864 5.8 4.6 25.2 39.6 24.8 100 On glancing over this table, we see that the birth-rate of the different sub-districts has materially altered since the passing of the Metropolis Local Management Act. In 1857, out of each 1000 births in the whole district, 68 were registered in Stoke Newington, 62 in Stamford Hill, 322 in West Hackney, 378 in Hackney, and 170 in South Hackney. Out of each 1000 in 1861, there were 62 in Stoke Newington, 46 in Stamford Hill, 298 in West Hackney, 397 in Hackney, and 185 in South . Hackney. In comparing these numbers with those of 1864, we see that the reduction of the rate as regards Stamford Hill, Stoke Newington, and West Hackney still continues, whilst the increase in Hackney, and especially in South Hackney, still progresses. On referring to Table 4, we find that this arises from increase of population, rather than to any alteration in the social condition of the inhabitants, for the Death-rate has fallen in Stoke Newington, Stamford Hill, and West Hackney, sub-districts, and risen in Hackney and South Hackney,