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 Hackney District for the year 1897
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Table A.
TABLE OF DEATHS
| 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Haokney | 973 | 351 | 129 | 37 | 35 | 247 | 174 | Under 5 | .. | 3 | 10 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 29 | 18 | 82 | .. | 4 | 59 | 2 | .. | 12 | 257 | 480 |
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 | 71 | 79 | 45 | .. | 22 | 250 | 433 | ||||||||
| Infirmary | 318 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 143 | 110 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | 27 | 42 |
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 53 | 47 | 34 | .. | 6 | 131 | 276 | ||||||||
| Fever Hospital | 207 | 17 | 144 | 54 | 13 | 9 | .. | Under 5 | .. | 38 | 81 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 131 | |
| 5 upwds. | .. | 14 | 34 | .. | .. | 11 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 76 | ||||||||
| German Hospital | 90 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 61 | 6 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 9 | |
| 5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | 3 | 10 | .. | 5 | 41 | 81 | ||||||||
| City of London Workhouse | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| Workhouse | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| West Haokney | 425 | 138 | 41 | 17 | 12 | 120 | 97 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 9 | 35 | .. | 15 | 1 | .. | 1 | 104 | 179 | |
| 5 upwds. | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 28 | 41 | 32 | .. | 8 | 120 | 246 | ||||||||
| Metropolitan Hospital | 101 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 3 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 3 | 21 | 43 |
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | 6 | .. | 10 | 34 | 58 | ||||||||
| South Hackney | 445 | 149 | 64 | 20 | 12 | 117 | 83 | Under 5 | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 8 | 40 | .. | 32 | .. | .. | 4 | 111 | 213 | |
| 5 upwds. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 42 | 26 | .. | 10 | 109 | 232 | ||||||||
| French Hospital | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| Stamford Hill | 149 | 28 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 55 | 41 | Under 5 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 21 | 45 | |
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 13 | 13 | .. | 3 | 61 | 104 | ||||||||
| Totals | 2721 | 744 | 399 | 154 | 114 | 787 | 523 | Under 5 | .. | 44 | 108 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 48 | 45 | 175 | .. | 10 | 124 | 3 | .. | 25 | 551 | 1143 | |
| 5 upwards | .. | 16 | 57 | .. | .. | 21 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 7 | 3 | .. | 15 | 4 | 219 | 234 | 167 | .. | 64 | 767 | 1578 | ||||||||
| Deaths occurring outsidethe district among per-sons belonging thereto | 222 | 27 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 104 | 32 | Under 5 | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 29 | 49 |
| 5 upwds. | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 10 | 27 | .. | 12 | 102 | 173 | ||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto | 314 | 31 | 113 | 47 | 18 | 79 | 26 | Under 5 | .. | 31 | 71 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 6 | .. | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | 5 | 17 | 144 |
| 5 upwds. | .. | 9 | 23 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | 8 | 16 | .. | 18 | 70 | 170 | ||||||||