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 | ||
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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 |