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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 1904

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1904

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The following table gives the chief causes of infant, mortality
during the years 1895 to 1304:—

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

Table.— Eleven principal causes of Infantile Mortality.

1895189618971898189919001901190219031904
Measles24153225291222171318
Scarlatina367422-21-
Whooping Cough29613644225021332440
Teething2319111716614426
Diarrhoea141171161160165181130838919S
Convulsions104937272708068677857
Lung Diseases154137142131150136129142110143
Tubercular Diseases31575561567369616769
Atrophy and Debility12510113113613412812196119116
Premature Birth99110118145123130124131134114
Accidents and Violence34272634363026262628
Total767826781829804828724662663789
Other Causes209184198213265207147142123164
Total9761010979104210691035871804786953

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Senile Mortality.—The deaths at 65 years and upwards during
the year 1904 numbered 802, of which 422 were between the ages of
65 and 75 years, 301 were between the ages of 75 and 85 years, and
79 above 85 years of age. The annual mortality rate of persons at
65 years and upwards is 3.5 per 1,000 persons living.
Deaths in Public Institutions.—There were 1,238 deaths in
institutions within the Borough. Of these 802 were residents of
Hackney, and 436 the residents of other districts.
The following are the institutions within the Borough receiving
persons both from and without the Borough, with the deaths in each
during 1903.