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Hackney 1888

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1888

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TABLE VI.

Showing the Number of Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases in the Hackney District during the

10years,1878to1887,and in the gear1888.

Diseases.1878187318801881188218831884188518861887Annual Average of 10 Years,Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 Years,Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths inTotal Deaths in
1879-18881879-188818881888
Small-pox8610692251319210801_71.920.300
Measles31812114943117551688811581.824.535.1128
Scarlet Fever1237081118144637229705582.523.215.958
Diphtheria231914151433947463531.88.919.772
Whooping Cough135110141701825615785123136110.831.236.7134
Fevers.Typhus704727646346841--54.415.39.6-
Enteric37534627
Simple continued.2418
Diarrhœa1596717013599104190125200137138.639.021.478
Totals—Hackney627404523762595448807589585525576.8162.4138.4505
Totals—London1473112256136811381113558108011362913074111211268412704159.0137.010803
NOTE.—Previously to 1885 all kinds of continued Fever were grouped together as "Fevers.".