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Hackney 1897

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

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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 toDiseases,AgesandLocalities.

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 theLocality, 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 1897.1284567891011121312345678910111213
Smallpox.ScarlatinaDiphtheriaMembranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.ErysipelasSmallpox.ScarlatinaDiphtheriaMembranous Croup.Cholera.Erysipelas
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsingPuerperalTyphus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsingPuerperal
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
Hackney (H)Under 5..133667..3........9..69221..1..........
5 upwds...2931761..531..2..90..18259....21........11
Stamford HillUnder 5..2110..............1..91................
5 upwds...3523....8....2..171176................
South HackneyUnder 5..76444..1............4321................
5 upwds...156771..28....1..46..9136....6........1
West HackneyUnder 5..75293..2........4..5012....2..........
5 upwds...12662....242..1..23..7533....10........1
Eastern HospitalUnder 5..24......................................
5 upwds...1418....1....1..........................
Hackney WorkhouseUnder 5....3....................3................
5 upwds...12..............7..12..............7
Hackney InfirmaryUnder 5............................................
5 upwds..1......2........4..........2..........
Metropolitan HospitalUnder 5............................................
5 upwds...1......1............1..................
German HospitalUnder 5............................................
5 upwds.....................1......................
TotalsUnder 530715614..6........14..171591..3........
5 upwds.46273582..1173..7..1881367136..••39........20

During the 4th quarter of the year 1897.

NorthUnder 5..145..................51................
5 upwds...4111....14........9..224....3........1
CentralUnder 5..2626....1............1115................
5upwds...56463..16........14..2223....8........1
South WestUnder 533322..1........2..1420................
5 upwds...6051....292..2..21..2822....19....1..3
South EastUnder 5..8094..2........2..296....1..........
5 upwds...14244....17....1..20..6926....10........2
TotalsUnder 5..153726..4........45942....1..........
5 upwds.••2991523..762..3..6414175....40....1..7