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 1893
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AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards | Totals | |
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Chicken Pox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Membranous Croup | 1 | 13 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | |
Smallpox. | Vaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Unvaccinat'd | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Vaccn doubtfl | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Measles | 31 | 47 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 56 | |
Scarlet Fever | 3 | 44 | 26 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 74 | |
Typhus fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | 68 | 81 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 155 | |
Diphtheria | 3 | 112 | 66 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 190 | |
Simple Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | 14 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 53 | |
Other Miasmatic | |||||||||||||
Diseases | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
English Cholera | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 108 | 20 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 145 | |
Ague,RemittentFever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Syphilis, &c., | 18 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 20 | |
Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | 24 | |
Pyæmia | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Thrush Vege Parasites | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Worms, Hydatids | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Want of Breast Milk | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | |
Influenza | 2 | .. | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 86 | |
224 | 321 | 124 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 22 | 18 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 855 | ||
Constitutional Diseases. | |||||||||||||
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
Rheumatism | .. | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 26 | |
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | 13 | |
Rickets | 4 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 15 | |
Cancer | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 8 | 16 | 31 | 50 | 33 | 16 | 1 | 160 | |
Tabes Mesenterica | 33 | 16 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 52 | |
Tubercular Meningitis | 26 | 32 | 11 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 75 | |
Phthisis | 7 | 6 | 12 | 64 | 74 | 81 | 47 | 22 | 11 | 1 | .. | 325 | |
Scrofula,Tuberculosis | 18 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 70 | |
Purpura Hæmoraga | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Anæmia, Leucocytha | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 19 | |
Other Constitutional | |||||||||||||
Diseases | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | |
90 | 86 | 47 | 85 | 101 | 110 | 94 | 90 | 51 | 21 | 1 | 776 | ||
Developmental | |||||||||||||
Premature Birth | 105 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 105 | |
Malformations | 11 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 15 | |
Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 47 | 162 | 45 | 257 | |
116 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 47 | 163 | 45 | 37 |