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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| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Membranous Croup | 2 | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | ||
| Smallpox. | Vaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Unvaccinat'd | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Vaccndoubtfl | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Measles | 35 | 124 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 167 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 30 | 21 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 57 | |||
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Whooping Cough | 25 | 38 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 67 | ||
| Diphtheria | 6 | 06 | 37 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 113 | ||
| Simple Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Enteric Fever | .. | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 39 | ||
| Other Miasmatic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| English Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Diarrhœa, Dysentery | 58 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 75 | ||
| Ague,Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Syphilis, &c. | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | ||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 12 | |||
| Pyæmia | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
| Thrush Vege Parasites | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |||
| Worms, Hydatids | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | ||
| Influenza | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | .. | 39 | |||
| 152 | 288 | 88 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 10 | .. | - | 626 | ||
| Constitutional Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
| Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | |||
| Rheumatism | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 16 | |||||
| Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | ||||
| Rickets | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||
| Cancer | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 18 | 39 | 38 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 157 | ||
| Tabes Mesenterica | 23 | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 35 | |||
| Tubercular Meningitis | 13 | 115 | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 40 | |||
| Phthisis | 5 | 5 | 7 | 48 | 67 | 62 | 51 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 278 | ||
| Scrofula, Tuberculosis | ||||||||||||||
| Purpura | 12 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 7 | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 52 | |||
| Hæmorrhagica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||||
| Anæmia, Leucocytha | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | |||||
| Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | .. | 11 | ||||
| Other Constitutional Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
| 58 | 51 | 31 | 68 | 83 | 85 | 102 | 66 | 63 | 16 | 4 | 627 | |||
| Developmental | ||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 81 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 81 | ||
| Malformations | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | ||
| Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 31 | 80 | 42 | 154 | |||
| 95 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 31 | 80 | 42 | - | 249 | ||