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Hackney 1913

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1913

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Senile Mortality.—The deaths which occurred in Hackney at
65 years of age and upwards during 1913 numbered 909, and of
these 453 were between the ages of 65 and 75 years, 332 between
75 and 85 years, and 124 at 85 and upwards. The annual mortality
rate of persons at 65 years and upwards is 4.5 per 1,000 living.

Table: TABLE IV.—INFANT MORTALITY.1913. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under1Year of Age.

TABLE IV.—INFANT MORTALITY.

1913. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under1Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month.4 weeks and under 3 months.^ months and under l» months.6 months and under 9 months.9 months and under 12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles...............1...337
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough......1...132...410
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas...............1.........1
Tuberculous Meningitis...............11338
Abdominal Tuberculosis...............251311
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............22228
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................38213
Convulsions......229533222
Laryngitis...............1...2...3
Bronchitis......3257107736
Pneumonia (all forms)...12141217183384
Diarrhoea.........11596526
Enteritis......123242720781
Gastritis..................1...111115
Syphilis...............421...7
Rickets........................11
Suffocation, overlying2121652......13
Injury at Birth5.........5............5
Atelectasis1112...141.........15
Congenital Malformations73111241......17
Premature Birth48136370922...83
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus154242515177367
Other Causes731...11543326
Total992523171671081088779549

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