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 1907
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HACKNEY DISTRICT—
Causes of Death. | Deaths in whole District at Subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||
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All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | North Sub-District. | Central Sub-District. | South-West Sub-District. | South-East Sub-District. | ||
Cancer, malignant disease | 198 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 124 | 69 | 50 | 49 | 53 | 46 | 89 |
Bronchitis | 312 | 58 | 21 | 1 | .. | 88 | 144 | 43 | 80 | 101 | 88 | 90 |
Pneumonia | 308 | 75 | 77 | 7 | 6 | 102 | 41 | 60 | 74 | 87 | 87 | 87 |
Pleurisy | 12 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 33 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | |
Alcoholism—Cirrhosis of Liver | 41 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 31 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 15 |
Venereal Diseases | 10 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. |
Premature Birth | 121 | 121 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 31 | 33 | 42 | 18 |
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | ||||
Heart Diseases | 275 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 138 | 105 | 76 | 60 | 81 | 58 | 88 |
Accidents | 105 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 66 |
Suicides | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
All other causes | 1020 | 216 | 43 | 31 | 37 | 279 | 414 | 223 | 224 | 244 | 329 | 382 |
All causes | 3229 | 667 | 341 | 124 | 134 | 1096 | 867 | 644 | 760 | 894 | 931 | 1301 |