London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hackney 1908

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1908

This page requires JavaScript

Continued from previous page...

Cause of Death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
Common Infectious Diseases—
Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles..........1......113252318
Scarlet Fever............................1..1
Diphtheria: Croup............................1..1
Whooping Cough..........1..1......2412314
Diarrhœal Diseases—
Diarrhœa, all forms......111578127127131055102
Enteritis(not tuberculous)..1113678323..2......34
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh....112......1..2..........5
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth56141048461..................91
Congenital Defects1312218421......1..1....27
Injury at Birth4......4......................4
Want of Breast-milk, starvation1..1..22..l................5
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus13942281812351422......76