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 1887
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Of Inhabitants of the Hackney District between Jan. 1st. and Dec. 31st, 1887.
AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 36. | 35 to 45. | 46 to 65. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards | Totals | ||
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Smallpox. | Vaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Unvaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Vaccndoubtfl | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | 15 | 93 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 115 | ||
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 33 | 18 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 55 | ||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Whooping Cough | 67 | 74 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 136 | ||
Diphtheria | . | 22 | 12 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 35 | ||
Simple Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Enteric Fever | .. | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 41 | ||
Other Miasmatic | ||||||||||||||
Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Cholera and Diarrhoea | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | ||
Diarrhoea, Dysentery. | 98 | 25 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 137 | ||
Ague, Remittent Fever | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Syphilis &c. | 9 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | ||
Erysipelas | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | ||
Pyeemia, Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 575 | |
Thrush, Vege Parasites | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Worms, Hydatids | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Want of Breast Milk. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 16 | ||
Constitutional Diseases. | 20 | |||||||||||||
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 11 | ||
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .. | 9 | ||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||
Rickets | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
Cancer | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 43 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 154 | ||
Tabes Mesenterica | 40 | 26 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 66 | ||
Tubercular Meningitis | 23 | 34 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 60 | ||
Phthisis | 4 | 12 | 6 | 44 | 89 | 87 | 61 | 35 | 16 | 2 | .. | 345 | ||
Scorfula,Tuberculosis | 13 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 41 | ||
Purpura Heemoraga | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Anaemia, Leucocytha. | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||
Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .. | 14 | ||
Other Constitutional Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 729 | |
Premature Birth | 114 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 114 | ||
Malformations | 14 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | ||
Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 16 | 82 | 33 | 134 | ||
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Carried forward | 409 | 362 | 72 | 75 | 112 | 133 | 102 | 103 | 89 | 106 | 37 | 1690 | 1690 |