Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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TABLE.
Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 | 1 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above | ||
I. Zymotic. | |||||||
Small.pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Scarlatina | 1 | 25 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 28 |
Hooping Cough | 8 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 |
Croup | 2 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Thrush | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diarrhœa (Bowel Complaint) | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 5 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Continued Fever | .. | 11 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 26 |
Perpetual Fever (Metria) | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas (Rose) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Noma (Canker) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5.104 |
II. Dropsy, &c.: | |||||||
Haemorrhage | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Abscess | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Ulcer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Fistula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Mortification | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 12 | .. | 17 |
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .22 |
III. Tubercular: | |||||||
Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Tabes Mesenterica | 7 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 |
Phthisis (Consumption) | .. | 3 | 19 | 19 | 2 | .. | 43 |
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain) | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8—66 |
IY. Brain and Nerves : | |||||||
Inflammation2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | 15 |
Apoplexy | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .. | 10 |
Palsy (Paralysis) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | 7 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chorea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epilepsy | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Insanity | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
Convulsions | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Disease of Brain. &c | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Spinal Cord | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | —43 |
Carried forward | 29 | 97 | 39 | 33 | 34 | 3 | 235 |