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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hackney 1890

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1890

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diseases of children. The total number of deaths per 1000
population from these five groups of diseases was 9.83 in 1890;
7.76 in 1889; 9.13 in 1888; 9.78 in 1887; and 10.45 in 1886,
so that we have to go back to 1886, when deaths from tubercular
diseases were so prevalent, for so high a rate as in 1890.
TABLE III.

Table: Showing the Number of Deaths at all Ages in 1890, from certain groups of Diseases, and their Proportions to 1,000 of Population; and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes. Also the number of Deaths of Infants under 1 Year from other groups of Diseases, and their Proportions to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under 1 Year, and the Deaths per 1,000 Population, in Five Years.

Showing the Number of Deaths at all Ages in 1890, from certain groups of Diseases, and their Proportions to 1,000 of Population; and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes. Also the number of Deaths of Infants under 1 Year from other groups of Diseases, and their Proportions to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under 1 Year, and the Deaths per 1,000 Population, in Five Years.

HACKNEY DISTRICT.Deaths from these Diseases, 1890.Per mileage of Deaths to Total Deaths, 1890.Deaths per 1000 population.
18861887188818891890
1. Zymotic Diseases6851682.742.342.261.632.75
2. Pulmonary (excluding Phthisis)81920131.83.423.322.603.29
3. Tubercular5081252.391.901.641.972.04
4. Wasting DiseasesUnder 1 year,286701.471.431.190.961.15
5. Convulsive Diseases151370.670.690.720.690.60
Total244960110.459.789.137.769.83

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