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Hackney 1891

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1891

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TABLE IV.

Showing the number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic diseases in the Hackney District during the 10 Years, 1880 to 1890, and in the Year 1891.

Diseases.1881188218831884188518861887188818891890Annual Average of 10 Years. 1881-90Total Deaths in 1891Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1891
Small-pox225131921086100009200
Measles14943117551688811512866149936916
Scarlet Fever118144637229705558415558287
Diphtheria1514339474635729362497719
Whooping Cough7018256157851231361345218211713833
Fevers.Typhus64634684110000
Enteric37534627323432389
Simple continued.241801110
Diarrhœa13599104190125200137789311013011929
Totals—Hackney762595448807589585525505378493561470211
Totals—London13811135581080113629130741112112684108039708
Influenza......................156..

NOTE.— Previously to 1885 all kinds of continued Fever were grouped together as "Fevers."