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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hackney 1900

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1900

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Table: Owing to the prevalence of diarrhœa and enteritis during the third quarter

Owing to the prevalence of diarrhœa and enteritis during the third quarter

Deaths at all ages during the year fromDeaths under one year.In the third quarter, all ages.In the third quarter, und'rone ye'r
Diarrhœa218181198176
Enteritis and Gastroenteritis117956855

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Measles.—During the year 29 deaths were registered in the
district from this cause, against 116 in 1899. The mortality is therefore
.13 per 1,000 living.
Whooping Cough.—The deaths from whooping cough during
1900 numbered 107, against 47 during the previous year. This is
equivalent to a mortality of .48 per 1,000 living persons.
Class II.
Constitutional Diseases.—The most important diseases in
this class are tuberculous diseases and cancer. The following shews
the deaths from the former disease in Hackney during the years
1894 to 1900

Table: Number of deaths in Hackney during the years 1894-1900, inclusive, from Tubercular Diseases.

Number of deaths in Hackney during the years 1894-1900, inclusive, from Tubercular Diseases.

1894189518961897189818991900
Tabes Mesen-terica35623534372545
Tubercular Meningitis40433541534245
Phthisis278292294299308313223
Scrofula and Tuberculosis52624463859679
Totals405459408434483476492