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The Parish of Hackney.
MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT
For the Year 1893.
SANITARY DEPARTMENT,
Town Hall, Hackney, N.E.
To the Members of the Hackney Vestry.
Gentlemen,
I beg to present my Report on the Health of Hackney for the
year 1893. In doing so, I have to state with regret that the general
death-rate for that period was higher than it has been for some years.
But although high for the district of Hackney, it was nevertheless
lower than the general death-rate for all London. The infantile and
zymotic death rates were also excessive,—the latter exceeding the all
London rate. This increase in the number of deaths during 1893 was
due, as I have pointed out later in the report, to the abnormal
incidence of the infectious fevers during the year. In consequence of
this an enormous amount of extra labour was thrown upon the
Sanitary Department, and its resources put to a severe test. The
inspection of dwellings in which fever cases occurred, of which over
4000 were reported, led to the discovery and abatement of a very large
number of nuisances. The notification of infectious diseases has