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Hackney 1898

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1898

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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 year 1898, 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.Population at all ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the Knowledge of thi Medical Officer of Health.Number op such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Last CensusEstimated to middle of 1898.12847891011121312345678910111213
Smallpox.ScarlatinaDiphtheriaMembranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.ErysipelasSmallpox.ScarlatinaDiphtheriaMembranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas
TyphusEnteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsingPuerperalTyphus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsingPuerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
NorthUnder 5..42261..2........3..3114....1........
5 upwds...11257....25....3..436022....12......3
Central (H)Under 5..791073..1........6..48812..1........1
5 upwds...1562012..441..2..64..98115....24........11
South WestUnder 5..69837..5........6..48573..3........2
5 upwds...153137....682..1..61..10880....42....1..6
South EastUnder 5..124654..3........9..85372..2..........
5 upwds...2191451..58....8..99..13055....37....2..12
Eastern HospitalUnder 5..201....................................
5 upwds...2317..............1......................
Hackney WorkhouseUnder 5..15..................15................
5 upwds...221............4..221............4
Hackney InfirmaryUnder 5..2....................2..................
5 upwds....................3......................
Metropolitan HospitalUnder 5............................................
5 upwds...........1................................
City of London WorkhouseUnder 5............................................
5 upwds....................1....................1
TotalsUnder 5..33728715..11........24..2151947..7........3
5 upwds..6655594..1963..14..274..3982741..115....3..37