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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hackney 1903

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1903

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Table: The following are the infantile death-rates for the Borough of Hackney compared with the rates for all London during the years 1894-1903.

The following are the infantile death-rates for the Borough of Hackney compared with the rates for all London during the years 1894-1903.

Year.Hackney.London.Year.Hackney.London.
18941281271899153166
18951591541900158158
18961571461901135148
18971271471902121139
18981611521903127131

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The following table gives the chief causes of infant mortality
during the years 1894 to 1903.

Table: Table.— Eleven principal causes of Infantile Mortality.

Table.— Eleven principal causes of Infantile Mortality.

18931894189518961897189818991900190119021903
Measles335241532252912221713
Scarlatina42367422—21
Whooping Cough???825296136442250213324
Teething2218231911171661442
Diarrhœa103581411711611601651811308389
Convulsions127861049372727080686778
Lung Diseases162133154137142131150136129142110
Tubercular Diseases8453315755615673696167
Atrophy and Debility1014412510113113613412812196119
Premature Birth105819911011814512130124131134
Accidents and Violence2???31342726343630262626
Total878666767826781829804828724 147662663
Other Causes167136209184198213265207142123
Total1048029761010972104210691035171804786

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Senile Mortality.—The number of deaths of persons, at 65 years
and upwards, during the year 1903 is 737, of which 384 were between
the ages of 65 and 75 years, and 270 between 75 and 85 years, and 83
above 85 years of age. The annual death-rate of persons at 65 and
upwards during 1903 is 3.2 per 1,000.