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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 1913

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

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Table: HACKNEY DISTRICT—continued.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1913.

HACKNEY DISTRICT—continued.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1913.

CAUSES OF DEATH.Deaths in whole Districts at Subjoined Ages.Deaths in Public Institutions.
All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs404222...6101435
Diarrhoea and Enteritis14610726211...5488
Appendicitis and Typhlitis20......94373112
Cirrhosis of Liver38...............724717
Alcoholism2..................11...
Nephritis and Bright's Disease97......11316492765
Puerperal Fever6............33......13
Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition8............26......3
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth173167231............31
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide110215812715241853
Suicides25............110865
Other Defined Diseases61973155181733169239296
Diseases ill-defined or unknown1381............1212460
Totals3,054549143991061133947419091,456
Sub-Entries (included in above figures)—
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis74111...............
Poliomyelitis3...21...............1