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 1905
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HACKNEY DISTRICT.
Causes of Death. | Deaths in whole District at Subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||||||||
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All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | North Sub-district. | Central Sub-District. | South-East Sub-District. | South-West Sub-District. | |||
Small-pox | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | |
Measles | 74 | 18 | 52 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 17 | 27 | 22 | 29 | |
Scarlet Fever | 18 | 3 | 13 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 47 | |
Whooping-cough | 64 | 27 | 35 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 12 | 25 | 20 | 4 | |
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 26 | 1 | 21 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 61 | |
Croup | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Fever | Typhus | 26 | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | 16 | .. | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 32 |
Enteric | |||||||||||||
Other continued | |||||||||||||
Epidemic Influenza | 28 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | 233 | 185 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 70 | 94 | 50 | 38 | |
Enteritis | 44 | 32 | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 30 | |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Erysipelas | 10 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
Other Septic Diseases | 19 | 3 | 4 | .. | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | |
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 256 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 192 | 13 | 47 | 61 | 65 | 83 | 142 | |
Other Tubercular Diseases | 135 | 42 | 50 | 17 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 27 | 34 | 41 | 33 | 43 |
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