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 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 |
Scarlatina | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 |
Hooping Cough | 5 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 |
Croup | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Thrush | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa (Bowel Complaint) | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Remittent Fever | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Typhus Fever | .. | 4 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 9 |
Puerperal Fever (Metria) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas (Rose) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Noma (Canker) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diphtheria | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7—81 |
II. Dropsy, &c.: | |||||||
Hæmorrhage | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Dropsy | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 |
Abscess | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Ulcer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Fistula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Mortification | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 5 |
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 6 |
Gout | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2—19 |
III. Tubercular: | |||||||
Scrofula | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Phthisis (Consumption) | .. | 8 | 24 | 18 | .. | .. | 50 |
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain) | 8 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14—75 |
IV. Brain and Nerves: | |||||||
Inflammation of Brain, &c. | 1 | 6 | .. | 3 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 13 | .. | 16 |
Palsy (Paralysis) | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | .. | 8 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Chorea | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Insanity | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Convulsions | 10 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 |
Disease of Brain, &c. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Spinal Cord | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | —67 |
Carried forward | 41 | 87 | 29 | 43 | 38 | 4 | 242 |