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Hackney 1914

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1914

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Senile Mortality.—The deaths which occurred in Hackney at
65 years of age and upwards during 1914 numbered 903, and of
these 444 were between the ages of 65 and 75 years, 340 between
75 and 85 years, and 119 at 85 and upwards. The annual mortality
rate of persons at 65 years and upwards is 4 3 per 1,000 living.

Table: TABLE IV.—INFANT MORTALITY1914. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under1Year of Age.

TABLE IV.—INFANT MORTALITY

1914. 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 4 weeks.4 weeks and under 3 months.months and under 0 months.6 months and under 9 months.9 months and under 12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox........................11
Measles..................25910
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough............13105524
Diphtheria and Croup........................11
Erysipelas...............1...1...2
Tuberculous Meningitis...............113510
Abdominal Tuberculosis................1247
Other Tuberculous Diseases......1...111137
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............11215
Convulsions...51...12...42119
Laryngitis........................11
Bronchitis..................213439726
Pneumonia (all forms)......224910161554
Diarrhoea...............111913750
Enteritis...312692912359
Gastritis......1...1............1
Syphilis...11...225......9
Rickets........................11
Suffocation, overlying2.........2212...7
Injury at Birth4.........4............4
Atelectasis421...7............7
Congenital Malformations951...1651......22
Premature Birth65733783.........81
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1461...2313144...54
Other Causes412...7274424
Total109301711167681108364492