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 B.
TABLE of POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NEW CASES of INFECTIOUS SICKNESS,
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 the | Locality, coming to the Medical Officer of Health. | Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Census 1896. | Estimated to middle of 1897. | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||
Smallpox. | Scarlatina | Diphtheria | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas | Smallpox. | Scarlatina | Diphtheria | Membranous Croup. | Cholera. | Erysipelas | ||||||||||||||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal | |||||||||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hackney (H) | Under 5 | .. | 133 | 66 | 7 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | 69 | 22 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
5 upwds. | .. | 293 | 176 | 1 | .. | 53 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 90 | .. | 182 | 59 | .. | .. | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | ||||||||
Stamford Hill | Under 5 | .. | 21 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
5 upwds. | .. | 35 | 23 | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 17 | 1 | 17 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
South Hackney | Under 5 | .. | 76 | 44 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 43 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
.. | 156 | 77 | 1 | .. | 28 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 46 | .. | 91 | 36 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||||
West Hackney | Under 5 | .. | 75 | 29 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 50 | 12 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
5 upwds. | .. | 126 | 62 | .. | .. | 24 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 23 | .. | 75 | 33 | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Eastern Hospital | Under 5 | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
5 upwds. | .. | 14 | 18 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Hackney Workhouse | Under 5 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
5 upwds. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||||||||
Hackney Infirmary | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
5 upwds | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Metropolitan Hospital | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
5 upwds. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
German Hospital | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Totals | Under 5 | 307 | 156 | 14 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | .. | 171 | 59 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
5 upwds. | 4 | 627 | 358 | 2 | .. | 117 | 3 | .. | 7 | .. | 188 | 1 | 367 | 136 | .. | •• | 39 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 |
North | Under 5 | .. | 14 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
5 upwds. | .. | 41 | 11 | .. | .. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | 22 | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Central | Under 5 | .. | 26 | 26 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
5upwds. | .. | 56 | 46 | 3 | .. | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | .. | 22 | 23 | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
South West | Under 5 | 33 | 32 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 14 | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
5 upwds. | .. | 60 | 51 | .. | .. | 29 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 21 | .. | 28 | 22 | .. | .. | 19 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | ||||||||
South East | Under 5 | .. | 80 | 9 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 29 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
5 upwds. | .. | 142 | 44 | .. | .. | 17 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 20 | .. | 69 | 26 | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Totals | Under 5 | .. | 153 | 72 | 6 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 59 | 42 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
5 upwds. | •• | 299 | 152 | 3 | .. | 76 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 64 | 141 | 75 | .. | .. | 40 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 7 |