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Hackney 1897

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

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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 upwardsMortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age,
5678910111213141516171819202122
123
At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.6 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.
SmallpoxScarlatina.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.RelapsingPuerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
North Hackney1512718315151Under 5......................41......16....22145
5 upwds.....0....2..........10....92510..257106
S.E. Hackney2397174445333Under 5..321..............32172..140....443145
5 upwds...110..2..................13268....4394
Infirmary124911465143Under 5......................5........61..1720
5 upwds...........1..............1..16228..353104
Workhouse2••........2Under 5............................................
5 upwds..............................1........12
S.W. Hackney2455961866843Under 5..332..............2217......34....188120
5 upwds...02....2....1..12....1162815..453125
Metropolitan Hospital3451041122Under 5....1................11..2..2......816
5 upwds.....1....1..................112..21119
German Hospital22••123142Under 5........................................11
5 upwds...............................213..31221
Central Hackney18458351293837Under 5....22............11113....184....22793
5 upwds.....3....2................110236..34391
Metropolitan Fever Hospital1146613863••Under 5..751................5..1....2....1..67
5 upwds...533....5..........1..........1....247
City of London Union2..........2Under 5............................................
5 upwds...........................1......1......2
Totals11172352717536285215Under 5..13605............180493221341..11145506
5 upwards..640....15....1..14..226812654..17275611
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto81711741 3913Under 5..22..........................31....1018
5 upwds....2....6..................915..43663
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto12412492991510Under 5..635................5..1....4....1961
5 upwds..324....4..............11245..11863