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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 1891
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1891
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Cases of infectious diseases removed from Hackney, Islington, Shoreditch, Bethnal Green, and Poplar, to the Asylums' Board Hospitals during 1891.
| Name of Parish. | Hackney. | Islington. | Shoreditch. | Bethnal Grn. | Poplar. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period. Months. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid. |
| January | 63 | 26 | 22 | 85 | 34 | 7 | 51 | 29 | 8 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 91 | 49 | 13 |
| Feb | 40 | 30 | 9 | 54 | 27 | 8 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 63 | 35 | 12 |
| March | 37 | 28 | 8 | 40 | 43 | 11 | 24 | 25 | 2 | 16 | 26 | 13 | 46 | 20 | 7 |
| April | 31 | 29 | 11 | 52 | 30 | 10 | 21 | 22 | 1 | 39 | 26 | 7 | 38 | 17 | 8 |
| May | 36 | 23 | 16 | 68 | 49 | 11 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 36 | 20 | 10 | 41 | 27 | 15 |
| June | 30 | 11 | 19 | 34 | 31 | 9 | 26 | 16 | 12 | 40 | 19 | 10 | 37 | 17 | 9 |
| July | 26 | 22 | 14 | 36 | 48 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 15 |
| August | 23 | 17 | 50 | 57 | 80 | 14 | 21 | 26 | 11 | 56 | 33 | 16 | 53 | 30 | 19 |
| Sept. | 44 | 36 | 25 | 63 | 107 | 17 | 29 | 14 | 14 | 77 | 26 | 13 | 25 | 59 | 21 |
| October | 66 | 64 | 34 | 113 | 103 | 44 | 56 | 28 | 15 | 79 | 26 | 30 | 68 | 91 | 36 |
| Nov | 90 | 64 | 19 | 68 | 78 | 18 | 43 | 15 | 10 | 80 | 18 | 12 | 37 | 41 | 14 |
| Dec | 76 | 36 | 17 | 47 | 79 | 8 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 36 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 37 | 15 |
| Totals during the year 1891 | 562 | 386 | 244 | 717 | 469 | 179 | 375 | 230 | 112 | 552 | 279 | 145 | 575 | 441 | 183 |
The total number of scarlet fever cases removed during the
year was 562 from Hackney; 717 from Islington; 375 from
Shoreditch; 552 from Bethnal Green; and 575 from Poplar.
Of diphtheria, 386 were removed from Hackney; 469 from
Islington; 230 from Shoreditch; 279 from Bethnal Green; and
441 from Poplar. Of typhoid, the largest number was removed
from Hackney, viz., 244; then 179 from Islington; 112 from
Shoreditch; 145 from Bethnal Green; and 183 from Poplar.
These figures show that Hackney in 1891 did not suffer more, as
is often asserted, from infectious diseases, than the adjoining
parishes.