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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 1910

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1910

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negative, and in 2 cases doubtful. The number of deaths from
tuberculous disease occurring in Hackney during 1910 was 335,
which are classified as follows:—
Tuberculous Phthisis 191
Phthisis 66
General Tuberculosis 17
Tuberculous Meningitis 37
„ Peritonitis 12
Tabes Mesenterica 4
Tubercle of other Organs 8
335

Table: This number of deaths gives an annual mortality rate of nearly 1.4 per 1,000 living. The deaths are distributed in the sub-districts of the Borough, as follows:—

This number of deaths gives an annual mortality rate of nearly 1.4 per 1,000 living. The deaths are distributed in the sub-districts of the Borough, as follows:—

Sub-districts.North.Central.South-West.South-East.
No. of Deaths from Tuberculous Disease.63938396
Mortality rate per 1,000 living.111.61.31.5

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Cancer.—To the different varieties of this disease were attributed
222 deaths during 1910. This shows an increase of 8 deaths upon
the number registered during 1909. The annual death rate from
cancer for the former year is therefore .93 per 1,000 persons living.

Table: The deaths are distributed in the sub-districts in the following proportions:—

The deaths are distributed in the sub-districts in the following proportions:—

Sub-districts.North.Central.South-West.South-East.
No. of Deaths from Cancerous Disease.66654843
Mortality rate per 1,000 living.1.21.1.77.68