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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hackney 1898

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

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Most of the deaths occurring in the first and last quarters of the year
appear to suggest that accident has more to do with the deaths than
wilfulness—the cold weather causing more crowding together for
warmth, especially amongst the poor.
Diarrhoea appears to call for special comment, the largest number
of deaths under one year being due to this cause. The following
table shows the chief causes of death under one year set out separately
for each quarter of the year.

Table: Table IV.— Eleven principal causes of Infant Mortality.

Table IV.— Eleven principal causes of Infant Mortality.

First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Totals.
Measles1474025
Scarlatina22004
Whooping Cough24136144
Teething636217
Diarrhœa2114710160
Convulsions1514202372
Lung Diseases43222541131
Tubercular Diseases75292061
Atrophy and Debility28294633136
Premature Birth34423138145
Accidents & Violence7751534
Total182145319183829
Other Causes333211038213
Total2151774292211042

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Senile Mortality.—The deaths at 65 years and upwards during
1898 reached 815, the number between 65 and 75 years being 423,
between 75 and 85 years 312, and above 85 years 81. The deathrate
for the age period of 65 and upwards is therefore 3.7 per 1,000
living.
SPECIFIC CAUSES OF DEATH.
Class I.
Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—The deaths under
this head during the past year numbered 892, a decrease of 20 upon
the number recorded during the year 1897. The zymotic death-rate
is, therefore, 4.0 per 1,000 living persons. The rate for all London
is 3.3 per 1,000.