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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 1908

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

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The deaths from tuberculosis in the Borough numbered during
the past year 379, which are classified as follows :—
Tuberculous Phthisis 225
Phthisis 37
General Tuberculosis 39
Tuberculous Meningitis 35
„ Peritonitis 19
Tabes Mesenterica 12
Tubercle of other Organs 12
379

Table: The annual mortality rate for tuberculous disease for Hackney is 1. 6per 1,000 living. The deaths were distributed in the different sub-districts as follows:—

The annual mortality rate for tuberculous disease for Hackney is 1. 6per 1,000 living. The deaths were distributed in the different sub-districts as follows:—

Sub-districts.North.Central.South-West.South-East.
No. of Deaths from Tuberculous Disease.5477127121
Mortality rate per 1,000 living.101.32020

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Cancer.—This disease caused 225 deaths in Hackney during
1908. This is an increase of 27 deaths on the number which
occurred during 1907. The annual death rate for this disease is
therefore .96 per 1,000 living.

Table: The deaths are distributed in the sub-districts in the following proportions :—

The deaths are distributed in the sub-districts in the following proportions :—

Sub-districts.North.Central.South-West.South-East.
No. of Deaths from Cancerous Disease.62446653
Mortality rate per 1,000 living.1.1.781.0.85