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 1888
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TABLE OF DEATHS -Continued.
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 upwards. | Totals. | |
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Brought forward | 649 | 548 | 163 | 131 | 140 | 232 | 269 | 320 | 400 | 283 | 80 | 3321 | 3321 |
Disease of Uterus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Abortion, Flooding | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | |
Puerperal Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Ovarian Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 26 |
Bones and Joints, &c. Caries, Necrosis | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 21 | |
Arthritis, Ostitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Carbuncle, Phlegmon | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Skin Diseases | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 26 |
Violence. Accidents and Violence | 29 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 88 | |
Homicide | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Suicide | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 18 | 108 |
Ill-defined Causes. Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | |
Debility and Atrophy | 132 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 140 | |
Mortification | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | .. | 9 | |
Tumour | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Abscess | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | |
Hemorrhage | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Sudden Deaths (doubtful) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Causes not Specified. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 165 |
Totals | 819 | 674 | 180 | 148 | 160 | 252 | 283 | 337 | 418 | 293 | 82 | 3646 | 3646 |
Per centage | 22.5 | 18.5 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 11.5 | 8.0 | 2.3 | 100 |