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—Continued.
| Kidney Diseases | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .. | 32 |
| Nephritis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | .. | 43 |
| Bright's Disease | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | .. | 27 | |
| Other Kidney Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Bladder and Prostate | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 124 | |
| Diseases of Uterus &c | ||||||||||||
| Disease of Uterus | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Abortion, Flooding | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Puerperal Convulsion | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Ovarian Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | 2 | 1. | 1 | .. | 14 | |
| Bones and Joints, &c. | ||||||||||||
| Caries, Necrosis | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Arthritis, Ostitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Carbuncle, Phlegmon | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 5 |
| Other Skin Diseases | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 13 | |
| Violence. | ||||||||||||
| Accidents & Violence | 32 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 121 |
| Homicide | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Suicide | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 18 |
| 34 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 143 | |
| Ill-Defined Causes. | ||||||||||||
| Dropsy | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | . . | 3 |
| Debility and Atrophy | 136 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 140 |
| Mortification | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| Tumour | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 8 |
| Abscess | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 9 |
| Hæmorrhage | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| SuddenDeaths (doubtful) | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 26 |
| Causes not Specified | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .. | 13 |
| 142 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 206 | |
| Totals | 1042 | 650 | 200 | 168 | 245 | 290 | 328 | 394 | 423 | 312 | 81 | 4133 |