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Hackney 1887
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1887
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TABLE IX.
The, Deaths Registered at different Ages from all causes during the Years 1877-87, the Deaths of Non-Residents in the Fever and Small Pox Hospitals being excluded, but of Inhabitants in Hospitals and other Public Institutions outside the District being included.
| YEARS. | AGES AT DEATH. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 -1 | 1 -5 | 5 -15 | 15 -25 | 25 -35 | 35 -45 | 45 -55 | 55 -65 | 65 -75 | 75 -85 | 85 and upwards. | Totals. | |||
| 1887 | Totals | 882 | 665 | 154 | 151 | 199 | 253 | 289 | 385 | 396 | 305 | 72 | 3751 | |
| Per cents | 23.5 | 17.7 | 41 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 8.1 | 2.0 | 100 | ||
| Per cents. | 1886 | 25.8 | 16.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 7.9 | 2.2 | 100 | |
| Ditto | 1885 | 24.3 | 18.8 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 10.9 | 8.0 | 1.9 | 100 | |
| Ditto | 1884 | 23.8 | 17.0 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 100 | |
| Ditto | 1883 | 23.0 | 16.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 100 | |
| Ditto | 1882 | 21.2 | 19.5 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 6.7 | 21 | 100 | |
| Ditto | 1881 | 23.0 | 19.7 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 10.3 | 6.6 | 1.3 | 100 | |
| Ditto | 1880 | 27.7 | 17.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 1.9 | 100 | |
| Ditto | 1879 | 23.4 | 16.1 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 10.8 | 6.8 | 1.8 | 100 | |
| Ditto | 1878 | 25.3 | 16.2 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 1.9 | 100 | |
| Ditto | 1877 | 24.4 | 14.8 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 2.1 | 100 | |
| Per cents. of deaths | 1876-85 | 24.4 | 16.9 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 9.7 | 7.1 | 1.9 | 100 | |
| Ditto | 1866-75 | 24.3 | 15.7 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 2.2 | 100 | |
| Ditto | 1856-65 | 21.0 | 16.4 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 8.9 | 10.9 | 8.0 | 2.2 | 100 | |
The ages at death were as follows:—882 or 23.5 per cent. of
all the deaths occurred in infants under 1 year old, which is
below the average of the two last decennial periods, when the
deaths at these ages were respectively 24.4 and 24.3 per cent.