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 1899
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Table A.
TABLE OF DEATHS during the year 1899 in the Hackney Metropolitan District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
Names or Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.) | Mortality from all causes, at SUBJOINED AGES. | MORTALITY FROM SUBJOINED CAUSES, DISTINGUISHING DEATHS OF CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OF AGE. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis. Pneumonia, | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All Other Diseases. | Total. | ||||||||||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
North Hackney | 564 | 129 | 34 | 16 | 27 | 208 | 150 | Under 6 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 8 | 19 | .. | .. | 34 | 1 | .. | 4 | 90 | 163 |
5 upwds. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 27 | 80 | 37 | .. | 17 | 228 | 401 | ||||||||
South West Hackney | 861 | 292 | 81 | 20 | 34 | 254 | 180 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 34 | 5 | 60 | .. | 1 | 57 | 2 | .. | 12 | 195 | 373 |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 9 | 2 | 63 | 116 | 41 | .. | 22 | 226 | 488 | ||||||||
Metropolitan Hospital | 95 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 38 | 3 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 5 | 22 | 35 |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 4 | 3 | .. | 10 | 26 | 60 | ||||||||
German Hospital | 133 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 84 | 13 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 7 |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 | 8 | 20 | .. | 15 | 57 | 126 | ||||||||
South East Hackney | 812 | 317 | 109 | 30 | 26 | 2???7 | 123 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 26 | 20 | 72 | .. | 2 | 71 | 2 | .. | 12 | 207 | 126 |
5 upwds. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | 52 | 89 | 38 | .. | 12 | 178 | 386 | ||||||||
Infirmary | 586 | 33 | 27 | 7 | 28 | 263 | 228 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 5 | 42 | 60 |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 75 | 82 | 63 | .. | 24 | 260 | 526 | ||||||||
French Hospital | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
Workhouse | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 9 | ||||||||
Central Hackney | 655 | 238 | 97 | 28 | 30 | 150 | 112 | Under 5 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 40 | 11 | 29 | .. | 2 | 61 | 2 | .. | 15 | 166 | 335 |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .. | 34 | 59 | 33 | .. | 17 | 156 | 320 | ||||||||
Eastern Fever Hospital | 310 | 19 | 156 | 90 | 16 | 28 | 1 | Under 5 | .. | 11 | 153 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 175 |
5 upwds. | .. | 7 | 72 | .. | .. | 33 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 4 | .. | .. | 10 | 135 | ||||||||
City of London Workhouse | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
Totals | 4033 | 1052 | 522 | 212 | 189 | 1234 | 824 | Under 6 | .. | 12 | 172 | 5 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 107 | 45 | 186 | .. | 5 | 242 | 7 | .. | 56 | 728 | 1574 |
5 upwards | .. | 10 | 78 | .. | .. | 65 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 13 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 285 | 451 | 240 | .. | 117 | 1152 | 2459 | ||||||||
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken Into account in judging of the above records of mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deaths occurring outside the district among persous belonging thereto ) | 294 | 17 | 28 | 14 | 31 | 156 | 48 | Under 5 | .. | 5 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 25 | 45 |
5 upwds. | .. | 0 | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 23 | 11 | 25 | .. | 16 | 160 | 249 | ||||||||
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto | 520 | 54 | 143 | 91 | 37 | 144 | 51 | Under 5 | .. | 7 | 115 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 10 | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 7 | 44 | 197 |
5 upwds. | .. | 5 | 59 | .. | .. | 36 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 30 | 24 | 26 | .. | 32 | 106 | 323 |