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
This page requires JavaScript
HACKNEY DISTRICT—
Causes of Death. | Deaths in whole District at Subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | ||
Cancer, malignant disease | 203 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 126 | 72 | 50 | 42 | 54 | 57 | 75 |
Bronchitis | 327 | 66 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 78 | 143 | 60 | 80 | 96 | 91 | 114 |
Pneumonia | 247 | 60 | 45 | 11 | 12 | 87 | 32 | 39 | 68 | 76 | 64 | 66 |
Pleurisy | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 16 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
Alcoholism—Cirrhosis of Liver | 41 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 33 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 22 |
Venereal Diseases | 15 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 9 | .. |
Premature Birth | 81 | 81 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 10 |
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. |
Heart Diseases | 284 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 147 | 100 | 70 | 65 | 73 | 76 | 92 |
Accidents | 99 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 29 | 33 | 33 | 67 |
Suicides | 26 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 10 | .. | 4 |
All other causes | 992 | 256 | 38 | 36 | 35 | 275 | 352 | 221 | 206 | 313 | 252 | 347 |
All causes | 3299 | 822 | 361 | 112 | 128 | 1096 | 780 | 620 | 778 | 1005 | 896 | 1268 |