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 OF DEATHS— Continued.
AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards | Totals | |
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Nervous Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes | 19 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 54 | |
Apoplexy, Hemiplegia | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 40 | 32 | 4 | 147 | |
Insanity, General Paralysis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
Epilepsy | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
Convulsions | 72 | 19 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 96 | ||
LaryngismusStridulus | 5 | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Diseases of Spinal cord | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Paraplegia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
OtherNervousdiseases | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | .. | 70 | |
101 | 50 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 38 | 49 | 56 | 45 | 5 | - | 396 | |
Diseases of Circulating Organs. | |||||||||||||
Peri & Endo-Carditis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 18 | |
Valvular Disease of Heart | 3 | .. | 10 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 48 | 43 | 19 | .. | 193 | |
Other diseases of heart | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 7 | |
Aneurism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | l | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | |
4 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 38 | 54 | 47 | 20 | .. | - | 225 | |
Respiratory Organs. | |||||||||||||
Laryngitis | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Croup | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Asthma | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 12 | |
Bronchitis | 76 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 82 | 51 | 14 | 336 | |
Pneumonia | 65 | 78 | 10 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 19 | 13 | .. | 275 | |
Pleuris | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | |
Other RespiratoryDis. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 9 | |
142 | 124 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 34 | 42 | 61 | 107 | 66 | 14 | - | 647 | |
Diseases Digestive System. | |||||||||||||
Dentition | 11 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | |
Quinsy, Sore Throat | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | |
Disease of Stomach | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 15 | |
„ Bowels | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Enteritis | 61 | 16 | 2 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 91 | |
Obstruction of Intestines | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .. | 18 | |
Peritonitis | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 32 | |
Spleen | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Jaundice, Liver Dis. | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 3 | .. | 68 | |
88 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 1 | - | 254 |