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 1889
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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 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 90 |
Peritonitis | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .. | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 24 |
Spleen | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 7 |
Jaundice, Liver Disease | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 58 |
26 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 179 | |
Diseases of Urinary System. | ||||||||||||
Kidney Disease | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Nephritis | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 15 |
Bright's Disease | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 4 | .. | 43 |
Other Kidney Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 7 |
Bladder and Prostate | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 10 | 3 | 6 | 23 |
Disease of Uterus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Abortion, Flooding | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Puerperal Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Ovarian Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 110 | |
Bones and Joints, &c. | ||||||||||||
Caries, Necrosis | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 23 |
Arthritis, Ostitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0 |
Carbuncle, Phlegmon | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Other Skin Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 |
- | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 28 |
Violence. | ||||||||||||
Accidents and Violence | 20 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 76 |
Homicide | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Suicide | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 14 |
21 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 92 | ||
Ill-defined Causes. | ||||||||||||
Dropsy | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 |
Debility and Atrophy | 136 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 148 |
Mortification | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .. | 12 |
Tumour | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 |
Abscess | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Hæmorrhage | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0 |
Sudden Deaths (doubtful) | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Causes not Specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0 |
144 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 176 | |
Totals | 715 | 521 | 177 | 152 | 201 | 259 | 280 | 303 | 396 | 273 | 75 | 3352 |
Per centages | 21.3 | 15.5 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 11.9 | 8.2 | 2.2 | 100 |