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, 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Hackney | 151 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 51 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 16 | .. | .. | 2 | 21 | 45 |
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 0 | .. | .. | 9 | 25 | 10 | .. | 2 | 57 | 106 | |||||||||
| S.E. Hackney | 239 | 71 | 74 | 4 | 4 | 53 | 33 | Under 5 | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 | 17 | 2 | .. | 1 | 40 | .. | .. | 4 | 43 | 145 |
| 5 upwds. | .. | 1 | 1 | 0 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 26 | 8 | .. | .. | 43 | 94 | ||||||||
| Infirmary | 124 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 51 | 43 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 16 | 22 | 8 | .. | 3 | 53 | 104 | ||||||||
| Workhouse | 2 | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| S.W. Hackney | 245 | 59 | 61 | 8 | 6 | 68 | 43 | Under 5 | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | 34 | .. | .. | 1 | 88 | 120 |
| 5 upwds. | .. | 0 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 16 | 28 | 15 | .. | 4 | 53 | 125 | |||||||||
| Metropolitan Hospital | 34 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 2 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 16 |
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 11 | 19 | ||||||||
| German Hospital | 22 | •• | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 2 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 12 | 21 | ||||||||
| Central Hackney | 184 | 58 | 35 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 37 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 11 | 13 | .. | .. | 1 | 84 | .. | .. | 2 | 27 | 93 |
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | 23 | 6 | .. | 3 | 43 | 91 | ||||||||
| Metropolitan Fever Hospital | 114 | 6 | 61 | 38 | 6 | 3 | •• | Under 5 | .. | 7 | 51 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 67 |
| 5 upwds. | .. | 5 | 33 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 47 | ||||||||
| City of London Union | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 1117 | 235 | 271 | 75 | 36 | 285 | 215 | Under 5 | .. | 13 | 60 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 80 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 134 | 1 | .. | 11 | 145 | 506 |
| 5 upwards | .. | 6 | 40 | .. | .. | 15 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 2 | 2 | 68 | 126 | 54 | .. | 17 | 275 | 611 | ||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto | 81 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 39 | 13 | Under 5 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 10 | 18 |
| 5 upwds | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 1 | 5 | .. | 4 | 36 | 63 | ||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto | 124 | 12 | 49 | 29 | 9 | 15 | 10 | Under 5 | .. | 6 | 35 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | 61 |
| 5 upwds | .. | 3 | 24 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .. | 1 | 18 | 63 | |||||||||