Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1886
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TABLE OF DEATHS
Of Inhabitants of the Hackney District between Jan. 1st. and Dec. 31st, 1886.
AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upward. | Totals. | ||
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Smallpox. | Vaccinated. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Unvaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Vaccn doubtfl | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1* | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Measles | 20 | 59 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 88 | ||
Scarlet Fever | 48 | 18 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 70 | |||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Whooping Cough | 47 | 70 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 123 | ||
Diptheria | 3 | 20 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 46 | ||
Simple Fever | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | ||
Enteric Fever | .. | 3 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 53 | ||
Other Miasmatic Diseases | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Simple Cholera | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | ||
Diarrhœa, Dysentery. | 150 | 32 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 200 | ||
Ague,Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Syphilis, &c | 8 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | ||
Erysipelas | 3 | .. | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 9 | ||
Pyæmia, Pupereal Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | ||
620 | ||||||||||||||
Thrush, Vege Parasites | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Worms, Hydatids | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 23 | ||
Constitutional Diseases. | 25 | |||||||||||||
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | ||
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | ||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 8 | ||
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 11 | 26 | 47 | 26 | 7 | .. | 118 | ||
Tabes Mesenterica | 56 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 82 | ||
Tubercular Meningitis | 17 | 38 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 66 | ||
Phthisis | 1 | 10 | 9 | 61 | 78 | 87 | 43 | 36 | 10 | .. | .. | 335 | ||
Scrofula, Tuberculosis | 26 | 10 | 10 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 50 | |||
Purpura Hæmoragica | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Anæmia, Leucocytha. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 6 | ||
Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 10 | ||
Other Constitutional Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 689 | ||
Premature Birth | 128 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 128 | ||
Malformations | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | ||
Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 32 | 81 | 37 | 151 | ||
289 | ||||||||||||||
Carried forward | 475 | 319 | 98 | 98 | 111 | 114 | 87 | 101 | 82 | 100 | 39 | 1624 | 1624 |
* A Casual not belonging to Hackney,