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Hackney 1922
Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1922
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TABLE III.
Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year 1922.
| 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. | ||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Small-Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 45 | 9 | 20 | 12 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21 |
| Scarlet Fever | 10 | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 21 |
| Whooping Cough | 62 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 22 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 104 |
| Influenza | 113 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 31 | 42 | 25 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 |
| Dysentery | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Pithisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 202 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 40 | 92 | 52 | 13 | 126 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 11 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | ... | 18 |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 285 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 34 | 128 | 121 | 167 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 |
| Meningitis | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 8 |
| Organic Heart Disease | 341 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 10 | 42 | 103 | 179 | 162 |
| Bonchitis | 236 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | 7 | 56 | 151 | 59 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 321 | 82 | 50 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 50 | 61 | 169 |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 56 | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 15 | 19 |
| Diarrhœa and Enteritis | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 16 |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 19 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 4 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Alcoholism | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Nephritis & Bright's Disease | 88 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 11 | 32 | 40 | 67 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 |
| Other Accidents and Disceases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | 9 |
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 95 | 93 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 41 |
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 50 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 55 |
| Suicide | 30 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 12 |
| Other defined Diseases | 817 | 89 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 60 | 176 | 437 | 384 |
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 7 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... |
| 2879 | 344 | 120 | 84 | 96 | 106 | 353 | 698 | 1078 | 1556 | |
| Sub-entries (included in above figures)— | • | |||||||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, | 4 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 |
| Polio Myelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |