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 1898
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TABLE OF DEATHS
Of Inhabitants of the Hackney District between 1st Jan. and 31st Dec. ,1898.
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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Chicken Pox | 0 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Membranous Croup | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Smallpox. | Vaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Unvaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Vaccn doubtfl | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | 25 | 86 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 116 | ||
Scarlet Fever | 4 | 31 | 13 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 49 | ||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Whooping Cough | 44 | 47 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 94 | ||
Diphtheria | 9 | 180 | 71 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 261 | ||
Simple Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Enteric Fever | .. | 2 | 10 | 35 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 65 | ||
Other Miasmatic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
English Cholera | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 160 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 208 | ||
Ague,Remittent F ever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Syphilis, &c | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | ||
Erysipelas | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | ||
Pyæmia | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||
ThrushVegeParasites | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Worms, Hydatids | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 16 | ||
Influenza | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 55 | ||
260 | 373 | 107 | 41 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 908 | |||
Constitutional Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Rheumatic Fever | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | ||
Rheumatism | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 12 | ||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 7 | ||
Rickets | 4 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | ||
Cancer | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 7 | 17 | 44 | 59 | 48 | 21 | 199 | |||
Tabes Mesenterica | 23 | 13 | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 37 | ||
TubercularMeningitis | 17 | 23 | 10 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 53 | ||
Phthisis | 1 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 86 | 77 | 51 | 29 | 8 | .. | .. | 808 | ||
Scrofula, Tuberculosis | 20 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 85 | ||
Purpura Hnæmorrhagica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Anæmia, Leucocytha | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 7 | 6 | 2 | .. | 22 | ||
Other Constitutional Diseases | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
65 | 66 | 30 | 65 | 111 | 107 | 107 | 104 | 66 | 25 | 1 | 747 | |||
Developmental | ||||||||||||||
Premature Birth | 145 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 145 | ||
Malformations | 23 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 | ||||
Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 38 | 105 | 40 | 184 | ||
168 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 38 | 105 | 40 | 353 |