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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Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. | Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages. | Age under 5 or over 5. | mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing deaths of children under five years of age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Menibranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis. Pneumonia, and Pleurisy. , | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All Other Diseases. | Total. | |||||||||||||
(Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.) | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (d) | (g) | (h) | (i) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hackney | 1248 | 367 | 248 | 64 | 46 | 307 | 216 | Under 5 | .. | 7 | 13 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 91 | 30 | 36 | .. | .. | 8 | 119 | 4 | 18 | 285 | 615 |
5 upwds. | .. | 4 | 9 | 2 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | 91 | 97 | 57 | 37 | 308 | 633 | ||||||||
Workhouse | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 5 | ||||||||
Infirmary | 345 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 16 | 155 | 123 | Under5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | 3 | 28 | 44 |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 55 | 29 | 36 | 8 | 169 | 301 | ||||||||
City of London Union | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
5 upwde. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
M. A. Fever Hospital | 64 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 6 | .. | Under 5 | .. | 10 | 15 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 | |
5 upwds | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 32 | ||||||||
German Hospital | 18 | .. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 5 |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||
South Hackney | 580 | 180 | 107 | 23 | 25 | 154 | 91 | Under 5 | .. | 2 | 7 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 43 | 13 | 14 | .. | .. | 2 | 54 | 1 | 12 | 133 | 287 |
5 upwds | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 43 | 57 | 30 | 9 | 137 | 293 | |||||||||
French Hospital | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
Jewish Home and Hospital for Incurables | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
West Hackney | 493 | 122 | 65 | 18 | 17 | 157 | 114 | Under 5 | .. | 1 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 14 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 32 | .. | 10 | 98 | 187 |
5 upwds | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 33 | 60 | 37 | 2 | 155 | 306 | ||||||||
Metropolitan Free Hospital | 28 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 3 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | ||
5 upwde | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | ||||||||
Stamford Hill | 223 | 59 | 26 | 4 | 19 | 66 | 49 | Under5 | . . | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 19 | .. | 1 | 47 | 85 |
5 upwds | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 13 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 75 | 138 | ||||||||
Stoke Newington | 100 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 21 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | .. | 1 | 16 | 32 |
5 npwds | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 12 | 8 | .. | 36 | 68 | ||||||||
Invalid Asylum | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||||
Totals | 3116 | 783 | 514 | 145 | 135 | 911 | 628 | Under 5. | .. | .. | 52 | 9 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 157 | 62 | 68 | .. | .. | 10 | 49 | 5 | 49 | 612 | 1298 |
5 upwards | .. | 17 | 29 | 2 | .. | 31 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 11 | .. | 283 | 198 | 70 | 397 | 1818 | |||||||||
Deaths occurring outside the district among per-sons belonging thereto | 277 | 19 | 53 | 31 | 23 | 121 | 30 | Under 5 | 1 | 11 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 25 | 72 | ||
5 upwds | 8 | 11 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 19 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 119 | 205 | |||||||||
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto | 509 | 31 | 202 | 99 | 28 | 110 | 39 | Under 5 | .. | 67 | 107 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 11 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | .. | 10 | 26 | 233 |
5 upwds | .. | 38 | 46 | .. | 1 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 29 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 88 | 276 |