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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 1915

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1915

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Table: The number of deaths from tuberculous disease in Hackney during 1915 was 381, an increase of 14 upon the deaths during 1914. These deaths are classified as follows:—

The number of deaths from tuberculous disease in Hackney during 1915 was 381, an increase of 14 upon the deaths during 1914. These deaths are classified as follows:—

Tuberculous phthisis253
Phthisis38
General Tuberculosis25
Tuberculous meningitis40
„ peritonitis10
Tabes mesenterica7
Tubercle of other organs8
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This number of deaths gives an annual mortality of 1.7 per
1,000 living.
Cancer.—There were 276 deaths during 1915 due to the
different varieties of malignant disease. This is an increase of
20 on the number registered during 1914. The annual mortalityrate
from malignant disease for last year is 1.26 per 1,000 living.
Alcoholism.—During the year under consideration there were
2 deaths registered as due to acute alcoholic poisoning. There
were also 27 deaths due to cirrhosis of the liver, a condition
regarded as being caused by excessive indulgence in alcohol,
extending over lengthy periods.
VACCINATION.
During the year 1915, there were 5,204 birth lists and 1,946
certificates of vaccination received by the Vaccination Officers,
i.e., 37 per cent. of the infants born during that period were
vaccinated and 63 per cent. escaped vaccination. There were
1,912 certificates and declarations of conscientious objection
received during the same period.