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Hackney 1887

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1887

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proportion to total births is a good criterion of the sanitary
state of a locality, other conditions being fairly equal, and in
this respect Hackney stands well, having proportionately fewer
of these deaths than Kensington, Hammersmith, Fulham,
Chelsea, Islington, Wandsworth, Camberwell and most other
metropolitan sanitary districts. This is very satisfactory when
the density and great mixture of our population as regards
sooial status are taken into consideration.

Table: TABLE V.Showing the Number of Deaths at all Ages in1887,from certain groups of Diseases, and the Proportions to1000of Population; and to1000Deaths from all causes; also the number of Deaths of Infants under One Year from other groups of Diseases, and the proportions to1000Deaths from all Causes under One Year, and of Deaths to1000Population.

TABLE V.

Showing the Number of Deaths at all Ages in1887,from certain groups of Diseases, and the Proportions to1000of Population; and to1000Deaths from all causes; also the number of Deaths of Infants under One Year from other groups of Diseases, and the proportions to1000Deaths from all Causes under One Year, and of Deaths to1000Population.

HACKNEY DISTRICT.Deaths from these Diseases, 1887.Per milleage of Deaths to Total Deaths, 1887.Deaths per 1000 population.
18831884188518861887
1. Zymotic Diseases5281412.633.992.752.742.34
2. Pulmonary (excluding Phthisis)7742063.312.933.593.183.42
3. Tubercular4281142.632.052.392.391.90
4. Wasting DiseasesUnder 1 year.323811.191.061.231.471.43
6. Convulsive Diseases.153410.780.710.810.670. 69
Totals220658310.5410.7410.7710.459.78

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. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, Tabes Mesenterica, and deaths registered as
being caused by Tubercular Meningitis in children more than 1 year old.
Includes Marasmus or Tabes Mesenterica, Atrophy and Debility, want of Breast
Milk, and Premature Birth, in children under 1 year.
Includes Infantile Hydrocephalus, Meningitis, Convulsions and Teething, under
1 year.