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The Parish of Hackney
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT.
FOR THE YEAR 1897.
SANITARY DEPARTMENT,
Town Hall, Hackney, N.E.
To the Members of the Hackney Vestry.
Gentlemen,
I beg to present my Report upon the Health of the district of
Hackney for the year 1897; and 'in doing so, to congratulate the
Vestry upon the fact that in spite of increasing population and
density with its attendant risks, the district continues to occupy a
prominent place amongst the healthy London districts. The deathrate,
although a little higher than that for the year 1896, was lower
than the rate for all London.
Infectious disease was very prevalent during the year, the nonnotifiable
diseases of measles and summer diarrhoea being conspicuous
in their fatality.