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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 1904

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1904

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CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES:
Tuberculous Disease.—During 1904 there were 442 deaths in the
Borough due to tuberculous disease. They are grouped under the
following heads:—
Tuberculous Phthisis 191
Phthisis 104
General Tuberculosis 64
Tuberculous Meningitis 41
„ Peritonitis 14
Tabes Mesenterica 17
Tubercle of other organs 11
442

Table: This is equal to a mortality rate of 1.7 per 1,000 living. The deaths were distributed in the different sub-districts in the following proportion:—

This is equal to a mortality rate of 1.7 per 1,000 living. The deaths were distributed in the different sub-districts in the following proportion:—

Sub-districts.North.Central.South-East.South-West.
No. of Deaths from Tuberculous Disease.65100145132
Mortality-rate per 1,000 living.1.241.992.422.18

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Cancer.—There were 182 deaths recorded in the Borough during
1904 as due to this cause. This is equivalent to a mortality rate of
•80 per 1,000 living. The deaths were distributed in the sub-districts
in the following proportions:—