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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 1914

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

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Table: TABLE III.—HACKNEY DISTRICT— continued.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year1914.

TABLE III.—HACKNEY DISTRICT— continued.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year1914.

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.
582...1218261830
Diarrhoea and Enteritis134107137......13384
Appendicitis and Typhlitis15.........5...55...9
Cirrhosis of Liver31...............521514
Alcoholism1...............1......3
Nephritis and Bright's Disease1162...3...417513967
Puerperal Fever4...............4......6
Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition9............27......11
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth17316424111......44
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide9042108519222061
Suicides23............1101024
Other Defined Diseases61358154283280176220311
Diseases ill-defined or unknown126...1............312252
Totals3,1284921691381211574127369031,158
Sub-Entries (included in above figures)—
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis63...111............
Poliomyelitis3...3.....................