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Hackney 1891
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1891
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TABLE V.
The Deaths Registered at different ages from all causes during the Years 1881, 1890 and 1891; the Deaths of Non.Residents in the Fever and Small Pox Hospitals being excluded, but of Inhabitants in Hospitals and other Public Institutions outside the District being included.
| 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. | |||
| 1891 | Totals | 954 | 562 | 154 | 205 | 227 | 290 | 349 | 397 | 514 | 332 | 126 | 4110 | |
| Per cent | 23.0 | 13.7 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 12.5 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 100 | ||
| Per cents. 1890 | 22.2 | 17.5 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 7.2 | 2.6 | 100 | ||
| Ditto 1889 | 21.3 | 15.5 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 11.9 | 8.2 | 2.2 | 100 | ||
| Ditto 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 | 23.5 | 17.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 8.1 | 2.0 | 100 | ||
| Ditto 1886 | 25.8 | 16.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 9.0 | 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 | 17.0 | 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 | 1.8 | 100 | ||
| Per cents, of deaths 1876-85 | 24.4 | 16.9 | 5.2 | 51 | 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 | ||
Until of late years the deaths in the district were to a certain
extent a matter of calculation from the returns of the Registrar
General, but a few years since an arrangement was made with a
gentleman at Somerset House to supply to all the Vestries and
Parishes a copy of the death returns in the hospitals and various
public institutions. I am able, therefore, now to present an