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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 1889
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1889
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| YEARS. | AGES AT DEATH. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-55 | 55-65 | 65-75 | 75-85 | 85 and upwards. | Totals. | ||
| 1889 | Totals | 715 | 521 | 177 | 152 | 201 | 259 | 280 | 303 | 396 | 273 | 75 | 3352 |
| Per cents | 21.3 | 15 5 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 11.9 | 8.2 | 2.2 | 100 | |
| Per cents. 1888 | 22.5 | 18.5 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 11.5 | 8.0 | 2.3 | 100 | |
| Ditto 1887 | 235 | 17.7 | 41 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 8.1 | 20 | 100 | |
| Ditto 1886 | 25.8 | 16.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 90 | 10.5 | 7.9 | 2.2 | 100 | |
| Ditto 1885 | 24.3 | 18.8 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 10.9 | 8.0 | 1.9 | 100 | |
| Ditto 1884 | 23.8 | 170 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 100 | |
| Ditto 1883 | 23'0 | 16.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 100 | |
| Ditto 1882 | 21.2 | 19.5 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 6.7 | 2.1 | 100 | |
| Ditto 1881. | 23.0 | 19.7 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 10.3 | 6.6 | 1.3 | 100 | |
| Ditto 1880 | 27.7 | 17.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 70 | 1.9 | 100 | |
| Ditto 1879 | 23.4 | 161 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 10.8 | 6.8 | 1.8 | 100 | |
| Per cents, of deaths 1876.85 | 24.4 | 16.9 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 9.7 | 7.1 | 1.9 | 100 | |
| Ditto 1866.75 | 24.3 | 15.7 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 2.2 | 100 | |
| Ditto 1856.65 | 21.0 | 16.4 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 8'9 | 10.9 | 8.0 | 2.2 | 100 | |
I worked out the relative value of deaths at different ages in
my last annual report, and showed that the number of deaths at a
particular age is of comparatively little value by itself, and that it
is only when compared with the number of the population living
at different age.periods that they become useful. To a certain
extent, however, they are of value for purposes of comparison,
and the table shows that compared with former years the
number of deaths of infants under 1 year to total deaths was
unusually small during the year. The same remark applies