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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 1918

Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1918

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Table: TABLE III.—HACKNEY DISTRICT— continued. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year1918.

TABLE III.—HACKNEY DISTRICT— continued. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year1918.

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.
Brought forward2,4951291401781662285935784831,226
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs25...12......41539
Diarrhoea and Enteritis554261......21332
Appendicitis and Typhlitis18......245140...
Cirrhosis of Liver12...............1652
Alcoholism1...............1.........
Nephritis and Bright's Disease76.........4211431636
Puerperal Fever2............2.........2
Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition5............14......2
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth12311652...............104
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide8511...315414102251
Suicides17...............6836
Other Defined Diseases6776137101240137407251
Diseases ill.defined or unknown117610413183144132
Totals3,7083651651992002576958399881,853
Sub.Entries (included in above figures)—14
Cerebro.Spinal Meningitis2.........2............
Poliomyelitis1.........1...............
Encephalitis.lethargica..............................