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 1886
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TABLE OF DEATHS Continued.
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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Brought forward | 777 | 560 | 148 | 156 | 179 | 229 | 256 | 311 | 369 | 289 | 77 | 3350 | 3350 |
Disease of Uterus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Abortion, Flooding | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | |
Puerperal Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
Ovarian Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | |
31 | |||||||||||||
Bones and Joints, &c. Caries, Necrosis | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 18 | |
Arthritis, Ostitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Carbuncle, Phlegmon | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | |
Other Skin Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
23 | |||||||||||||
Violence. Accidents and Violence | 27 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .. | 81 | |
Homicide | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Suicide | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 15 | |
99 | |||||||||||||
Ill-defined Causes Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
Debility and Atrophy | 135 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 145 | |
Mortification | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
Tumour | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Abscess | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 19 | |
Haemorrhage | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Sudden Deaths )doubt-ful) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Causes not specified | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
190 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 954 | 590 | 163 | 173 | 204 | 252 | 264 | 332 | 387 | 294 | 80 | 3693 | 3693 |
Per centage | 25.8 | 16.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 7.9 | 2.2 | 100 |