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

TABLE III.—HACKNEY BOROUGH— continued. 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 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.
Brought forward1,619191871078288241405418907
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs572...11...9271724
Diarrhoea and Enteritis342841...1.........17
Appendicitis and Typhlitis17......25424...10
Cirrhosis of Liver8...............1433
Alcoholism..............................
Nephritis and Bright's Disease92.........2116413260
Puerperal Fever9...............2......8
Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition16............115......25
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth1821802..................58
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide82325959272242
Suicides28...............71476
Other Defined Diseases7178179161862160364433
Diseases ill-defined or unknown7.........1...123...
Totals2,8614851021251161183656848661,593
Sub Entries (included in above figures)— Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis963..................3
Polio Myelitis..............................
Encephalitis Lethargics5............23......2