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 Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1920
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TABLE III—HACKNEY BOROUGH.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths in whole Districts at Subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||
Enteric Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Measles | 79 | 20 | 27 | 26 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 31 |
Scarlet Fever | 6 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 14 |
Whooping-cough | 56 | 27 | 13 | 15 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30 |
Diphtheria and Croup | 70 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 32 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 154 |
Influenza | 85 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 36 | 25 | 14 | 40 |
Erysipelas | 16 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
Dysentery | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 190 | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 43 | 86 | 55 | 1 | 89 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | 25 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 16 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 34 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
Cancer, Malignant Disease | 246 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 28 | 121 | 93 | 134 |
Rheumatic Fever | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
Meningitis | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 5 |
Organic Heart Disease | 281 | 1 | ... | ... | 8 | 12 | 41 | 88 | 131 | 189 |
Bronchitis | 238 | 41 | 3 | 3 | ... | 11 | 46 | 134 | 51 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 276 | 85 | 25 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 28 | 54 | 35 | 120 |
Carried forward | 1,619 | 191 | 87 | 107 | 82 | 88 | 241 | 405 | 418 | 907 |