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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 1920

Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1920

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Table: TABLE III—HACKNEY BOROUGH.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year1920.

TABLE III—HACKNEY BOROUGH.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year1920.

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 1515 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.
Enteric Fever1...............1.........
Small Pox..............................
Measles792027266............31
Scarlet Fever6...2121.........14
Whooping-cough562713151............30
Diphtheria and Croup703726321...1...154
Influenza852......1736251440
Erysipelas162.........144512
Dysentery3..................121
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)190...2...3438655189
Tuberculous Meningitis2544755.........16
Other Tuberculous Diseases343346466221
Cancer, Malignant Disease246......1...32812193134
Rheumatic Fever3......1.........11...
Meningitis103112......3...5
Organic Heart Disease2811......8124188131189
Bronchitis2384133...114613451
Pneumonia (all forms)2768525221611285435120
Carried forward1,619191871078288241405418907