Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1897

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Table I. Showing estimated Population, Area, and Density of Registration Sub-Districts in Hackney, at middle of 1897.

	North.	Central.	South West.	South East.	Total for Hackney	Total for London.

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Table II. Showing the corrected number of deaths in Hackney during the first three quarters of the year distributed in the Registration Sub-Districts, with the annual rate per 1,000 living persons.

	Hackney.	South Hackney.	West Hackney.	Stamford Hill.	All Hackney.

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Table III. Showing the corrected number of deaths in Hachney during the fourth quarter of the year distributed in the Registration Sub-Districts, with the annual rates per 1,000 living persons.

	Central Hackney.	South-East Hackney.	South-West Hackney.	North Hackney.	All Hackney.

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Table IV.— Eleven principal causes of Infant Mortality.

	First Quarter.	Second Quarter.	Third Quarter.	Fourth Quarter.	Totals.

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TABLE OF DEATHS Of Inhabitants of the Hackney District between 1st Jan. and 31st Dec., 1897.

AGES		Under 1 year.	1 to 5.	5 to 15.	15 to 25.	25 to 35.	35 to 45.	45 to 55.	55 to 65.	65 to 75.	75 to 85.	85 and upwards	Totals

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TABLE OF DEATHS— Continued.

AGES	Under 1 year.	1 to 5.	5 to 15.	15 to 25.	25 to 35.	35 to 45.	45 to 55	55 to 65.	65 to 75.	75 to 85.	85 and upwards	Totals

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TABLE OF DEATHS—Continued.

AGES	Under 1 year.	1 to 5.	5 to 15.	15 to 25.	25 to 35.	35 to 45.	45 to 55.	55 to 65.	65 to 75.	75 to 85.	85 and upwards	Totals

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The table shows that the removals were not so prompt as the necessities of the cases required; probably with the increased hospital accommodation now provided, these delays will be avoided in the future.

No of Applications	2	3	4	⁵	⁶	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26

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Table V. Deaths from Influenza during the years 1891 to 1897.

Year.	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apl.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec

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Table A. TABLE OF DEATHS during the 1st, 2nd and 3rd quarters of the year 1891 «* the Hackney Metropolitan District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public Institutions being shown as separate localities. (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)	Mortality from all causes,							Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
	At all ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and ander 65.	65 and upwards.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	16	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
								Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Mombranous Croup.	Fevers.					Cholera.	Erysipelas.	Measles.	Whooping Cough.	Diarrhoea and Dysentery.	Rheumatic Fever.	Phthisis.	Bronchitis. Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.	Heart Disease.		Injuries.	All Other Diseases.	Total.
												Typhus.	Entericion Typhoid.	Continued	Relapsing	Puerperal
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)	(h)					Typhus.	Entericion Typhoid.	Continued	Relapsing	Puerperal

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Table A. TABLE OF DEATHS during 4th quarter of the year 1897, in the Hackney Metropolitan District, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)	Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages.						65 and upwards					Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age,
													5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
									1	2	3
	At all Ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 5.	6 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 65.			1	2	3
									Smallpox	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Fevers.					Cholera.	Erysipelas.	Measles.	Whooping Cough.	Diarrhœa & Dysentery.	Rheumatic Fever.	Phthisis.	Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.	Heart Disease.		Injuries.	All other Diseases.	Total.
													Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing	Puerperal.
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)	(h)	(i)					Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing	Puerperal.

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Table B. TABLE of POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NEW CASES of INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the 1st, 2nd and 3rd quarters of the year 1897, in the Hackney Metropolitan District; classified according to D iseases, A ges and L ocalities.

Names of Localities adopted (or the purpose of these Statistics ; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.	Population at all ages.		Registered Births.	Aged under 5 or over 5.	New Cases of Sickness in each Knowledge of the							Locality, coming to the Medical Officer of Health.						Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
	Census 1896.	Estimated to middle of 1897.			1	2	8	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
					Smallpox.	Scarlatina	Diphtheria	Membranous Croup.	Fevers.					Cholera.	Erysipelas			Smallpox.	Scarlatina	Diphtheria	Membranous Croup.						Cholera.	Erysipelas
									Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued	Relapsing	Puerperal									Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued	Relapsing	Puerperal
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)					Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued	Relapsing	Puerperal									Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued	Relapsing	Puerperal

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During the 4th quarter of the year 1897.

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Table VI. Number of Deaths from Diarrhcea during the third Quarter of the years 1892-1897 in Hackney and London, and the corresponding mortality rates per 1,000 living persons.

Year.	No.of deaths from Diarrhœa in 3rd quarter in Hackney.	Mortality rate per 1.000 living.	No.of deaths from Diarrhcea in 3rd quarter in London.	Mortality rate per 1,000 living in London.	Average atmospheric temperature for the quarter.	Rain fall in inches during the quarter.

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Legal Proceedings.

Boat.	Owner.	Contravention.	Result.

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Table VII.—Analyses of River Lea Water, made during the year 1897, by Mr. Leo Taylor, F.I.C., Public Analyst.

Date.	Where Taken.	Total solid residue.	Saline ammonia.	Organic Ammonia.	Oxygen requir'd to oxidise the organic matter	Chr'line	Nitra??? e and Nitrites	remarks.

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Table VIII. showing condition of drains of houses in which primary cases of infectious disease occurred during the year, 1897.

disease.	Houses in which drains were defective.	Houses in which drains were not defective	Total No. of houses in which primany cases occurred.	Percentage of houses with defective drains.

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Table X.— Work done by the Public Health Department in houses flooded by the Storm on 21st July, 1897, in the Parish of Hackney.

NAME OF ROAD.	NOs. OF HOUSES.	WORK DONE.

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Table of Sewers draining Eastern part of Clapton Park, with size, gradients, and depths, &c.

Name of Sewer.	Area drained.	Course of Sewer.	Size and Material.	Gradient.	Average depth.	REMARKS.

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Table of Sewers draining Eastern part of Clapton Park, with size, gradients, and depths, &c.—continued.

Name of Sewer.	Area drained.	Course of Sewer.	Size and Material.	Gradient.	Average depth.	remarks.

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Table of Sewers draining Eastern part of Clapton Park, with size, gradients, and depths, &c.—continued.

Name of Sewer.	Area drained.	Course of Sewer.	Size and Material.	Gradient.	Average depth.	REMARKS.

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Return respecting the Vaccination of children whose births were registered in the Hackney Union during the year 1897.

REGISTRATION SUB. DISTRICTS.	No. of births Registered from 1st January to 31 December, 1897.	Number of these births daily entered by 31st January, 1898, in cols. 10, 11, 13 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets) viz:—			No. of these births which on 31st January, 1898, remained unentered in the Vaccination Register on account (as shown by Report Book) of			No. of these births remaining on 31st January, 1898, respectively, neither duly entered in the Vaccination Register (cols. 3, 4 and 6 of this return), nor temporarily accounted for in the Report Book columns 8, 9 and 10 of this return.
REGISTRATION SUB. DISTRICTS.		Col. 10. Successfully Vaccinated	Col. 11 Insusceptible of Vaccination	Col. 13. '* Dead." Unvaccinated.	Postponement by Medical Certificate.	Removal to Districts, the Vaccination Officer of which has been apprized.	Removal to places unknown, or which cannot be reached, and cases not having been found.

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This proportion corresponds almost exactly with the proportion of weekly refusals. It is obvious that if the entry of the dustman is denied, these accumulations will exist, and exactly in proportion to the refusals.

MONTH.	Northern Division				Southern Division				Totals.
MONTH.	Loads.	Cost.			Loads.	Cost.			Loads.	Cost.

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Table XI. A List of the requests for the removal of Dust, received during the four years, ending December 31st, 1896, viz., 1894, 1895, 1896 and 1897.

	1894	1895	1896	1897

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Table XII. A list of refusals in the collection of Dust during the year 1897-

Week ending		Refusals.	Week ending		Refusals.	No answers.

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REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK, 1897.

	Mr.Gough & Wood Stamford Hill	Mr. Harvey, West Hackney	Mr. Legg, Hackney	Mr. Morley, Clapton	Mr. Wood & Booy. Kingsland.	Mare Street and South Hackney.			Mr. Bobbitt, Hornerton E.	Mr. Mansell, Homerton,N.	Mr. Ellis, Homerton, S.	Totals.
	Mr.Gough & Wood Stamford Hill	Mr. Harvey, West Hackney	Mr. Legg, Hackney	Mr. Morley, Clapton	Mr. Wood & Booy. Kingsland.	Mr. High,	Mr. Kemp	Mr. Punter,	Mr. Bobbitt, Hornerton E.	Mr. Mansell, Homerton,N.	Mr. Ellis, Homerton, S.	Totals.
	No.l	No.2	No.3	No.4	No.5	No.6	No.7	No.8	No. 9	No.10	Noll

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Table XIII. Record of Prosecutions under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during the year 1897.

Address	Complaint.	Magistrate's Decision.

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Address.	Complaint.	Magistrate's Decision.

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Address.	Complaint.	Magistrate's Decision.

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Table XIV. Prosecutions under the Food and Drugs Acts and Margarine Acts during the year 1897.

No. of Sample.	Article.	Adulteration or Offence.	Result of T.epal Proceedings.	Remarks.

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Table of Prosecutions under the Food and Drugs Acts and Margarine Acts.—continued.

No. of Sample.	Article.	Adulteration or Offence.	Result of Legal Proceedings.	Remarks.

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INQUESTS

Verdicts.	Sex.
Verdicts.	Male.	Female.

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Table showing nature of above Suicidal and Accidental Deaths in the Hackney District during the Year ended 1897.

SUICIDES.		ACCIDENTAL DEATHS.
NATURE OF SUICIDE.	No.	NATUltE OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH.	No.

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ABSTRACT OF CLIMATOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

1897.	Temperature.							Relative Humidity	Amount of Cloud.	Rain.
	Means.					Extremes				Amnt	No. of Days
	9a.m	Min.	Max	Range	Mean	Min	Max			Amnt	No. of Days

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Hackney 1897

35 tables in this report

Table I. Showing estimated Population, Area, and Density of Registration Sub-Districts in Hackney, at middle of 1897.

Table II. Showing the corrected number of deaths in Hackney during the first three quarters of the year distributed in the Registration Sub-Districts, with the annual rate per 1,000 living persons.

Table III. Showing the corrected number of deaths in Hachney during the fourth quarter of the year distributed in the Registration Sub-Districts, with the annual rates per 1,000 living persons.

Table IV.— Eleven principal causes of Infant Mortality.

TABLE OF DEATHS Of Inhabitants of the Hackney District between 1st Jan. and 31st Dec., 1897.

TABLE OF DEATHS— Continued.

TABLE OF DEATHS—Continued.

The table shows that the removals were not so prompt as the necessities of the cases required; probably with the increased hospital accommodation now provided, these delays will be avoided in the future.

Table V. Deaths from Influenza during the years 1891 to 1897.

Table A. TABLE OF DEATHS during the 1st, 2nd and 3rd quarters of the year 1891 «* the Hackney Metropolitan District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Table A. TABLE OF DEATHS during 4th quarter of the year 1897, in the Hackney Metropolitan District, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

Table B. TABLE of POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NEW CASES of INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the 1st, 2nd and 3rd quarters of the year 1897, in the Hackney Metropolitan District; classified according to D iseases, A ges and L ocalities.

During the 4th quarter of the year 1897.

Table VI. Number of Deaths from Diarrhcea during the third Quarter of the years 1892-1897 in Hackney and London, and the corresponding mortality rates per 1,000 living persons.

Legal Proceedings.

Table VII.—Analyses of River Lea Water, made during the year 1897, by Mr. Leo Taylor, F.I.C., Public Analyst.

Table VIII. showing condition of drains of houses in which primary cases of infectious disease occurred during the year, 1897.

Table X.— Work done by the Public Health Department in houses flooded by the Storm on 21st July, 1897, in the Parish of Hackney.

Table of Sewers draining Eastern part of Clapton Park, with size, gradients, and depths, &amp;c.

Table of Sewers draining Eastern part of Clapton Park, with size, gradients, and depths, &amp;c.—continued.

Continued from previous page...

Table of Sewers draining Eastern part of Clapton Park, with size, gradients, and depths, &amp;c.—continued.

Return respecting the Vaccination of children whose births were registered in the Hackney Union during the year 1897.

This proportion corresponds almost exactly with the proportion of weekly refusals. It is obvious that if the entry of the dustman is denied, these accumulations will exist, and exactly in proportion to the refusals.

Table XI. A List of the requests for the removal of Dust, received during the four years, ending December 31st, 1896, viz., 1894, 1895, 1896 and 1897.

Table XII. A list of refusals in the collection of Dust during the year 1897-

REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK, 1897.

Table XIII. Record of Prosecutions under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during the year 1897.

Continued from previous page...

Continued from previous page...

Table XIV. Prosecutions under the Food and Drugs Acts and Margarine Acts during the year 1897.

Table of Prosecutions under the Food and Drugs Acts and Margarine Acts.—continued.

INQUESTS

Table showing nature of above Suicidal and Accidental Deaths in the Hackney District during the Year ended 1897.

ABSTRACT OF CLIMATOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

Table of Sewers draining Eastern part of Clapton Park, with size, gradients, and depths, &c.

Table of Sewers draining Eastern part of Clapton Park, with size, gradients, and depths, &c.—continued.

Table of Sewers draining Eastern part of Clapton Park, with size, gradients, and depths, &c.—continued.