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 1894
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Table B.
| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. | Population at all ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5. | New Cases or Sickness in each Locality, coming to the Knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, | Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Census 1891. | Estimated to middle of 1894. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina | Diphtheria | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera | Erysipelas | Smallpox | Scarlatina | Diphtheria | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera] | Erysipelas | |||||||||||||||||
| Typhus | Enteric or Typhoid | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal | Typhus | Enteric or Typhoid | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stoke Newington | 30794 | 34170 | 178 | Under 5 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| 5 upwds. | 1 | 17 | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | 7 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Invalid Asylum | 25 | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Northumberland House Pvte. Lunatic Asylum | 117 | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Stamford Hill | 17759 | 21932 | 397 | Under 5 | 16 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| 5 upwds. | 4 | 56 | 33 | .. | .. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 2 | 28 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
| West Hackney | 42590 | 44363 | 1177 | Under 5 | 42 | 45 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| 5 upwds. | 7 | 106 | 86 | .. | 27 | 3 | .. | 40 | 53 | 26 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||||
| Metropolitan Hospital | 112 | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| 5 upwds. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Hackney (H) | 94091 | 103865 | 2987 | Under 5 | 2 | 188 | 73 | 7 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 2 | 71 | 28 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| 5 upwds. | 10 | 354 | 163 | 5 | .. | 513 | .. | 7 | .. | 104 | 9 | 190 | 41 | .. | .. | 36 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
| Workhouse | 1100 | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Hackney Union Infirmary | 458 | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| 5 upwds. | .. | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | .. | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
| M.A.B. Eastern District Hospital | 410 | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
| German Hospital | 141 | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
| Salvation Army Maternity Home | 42 | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Truant School | 144 | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| South Hackney | 41422 | 42387 | 1377 | Under 5 | .. | 72 | 9 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 18 | 10 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| 5 upwds. | .. | 149 | 82 | .. | .. | 43 | .. | 5 | .. | 51 | .. | 71 | 24 | .. | .. | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
| Bethnal Green Overflow Workhouse | 213 | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
| King Edward Industrial School for Girls | 124 | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| 5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . | ||||||||
| Totals | 229542 | 246717 | 6116 | Under 5 | 3 | 324 | 62 | 20 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 | 112 | 59 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| 5 upwds. | 22 | 700 | 375 | 8 | .. | 78 | 15 | .. | 239 | 15 | 367 | 103 | 2 | .. | 63 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||