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Hackney 1900
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1900
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Immediately after the receipt of this Order, I was instructed by the
Public Health Committee to inform the medical practitioners of the
district of the disease having been made notifiable, and remind them
of their duties in respect of the same.
Happily the disease' did not make its appearance in the district
during the year.
Erysipelas.—No less than 230 cases of erysipelas were notified
during the year, of which 33 were removed to some general hospital.
The deaths numbered 12, giving a mortality-rate of 5 2 per cent. of
those attacked.
B.—NON-NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
Influenza.—The year 1900 was marked by an outbreak of this
disease which led to the death of 83 persons in Hackney, which is
equivalent to a death-rate of .36 per 1,000 living persons. The
disease was not confined to any particular part of the district, but
was fairly general. Most of the deaths occurred at the middle and
advanced ages of life, and the seasonal distribution was as below:—
Deaths from Influenza during the years 1891 to 1900.
| Year. | Jan | Feb. | Mar. | Apl. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 86 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1892 | 77 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1893 | 3 | A | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 37 |
| 1894 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1895 | 2 | 91 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1896 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1897 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 1898 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1899 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 1900 | 48 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Diarrhoea.—During the year there were 218 deaths from this
cause, 181 being under one year ; in addition there were 117 deaths
from enteritis and gastro-enteritis. due probably to the same causes
as those registered under the term diarrhœa. Of these latter, 95
were under one year old. These facts are tabulated below.
Owing
to the prevalence of diarrhœa and enteritis during the third quarter