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Hackney 1857

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TABLE II.

Deaths Registered in the District of Hackney during the Thirteen Weeks ending June 27th,1857.

Causes of Death.	Ages.						Total.
Causes of Death.	Under 1	0 and under 20	20 and under 40	40 and under 60	60 and under 80	80 and above	Total.
I. Zymotic:
Small-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles	4	10	..	..	..	..	10
Scarlatina	..	2	..	..	..	..	2
Hooping Cough	7	16	..	..	..	..	16
Croup	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
Thrush	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diarrhœa (Bowel Complaint)	1	2	..	..	..	..	4
Dysentery	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Cholera	1	1	..	..	..	..	1
Influenza	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Scurvy and Purpura	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Ague	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Remittent Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Infantile Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Typhus Fever	..	5	5	..	..	..	10
Puerperal Fever (Metria)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rheumatic Fever	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
Erysipelas (Rose)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Syphilis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Noma (Canker)	..	1	..	..	..	..	1 = 48
II. Dropsy, &c. :
Hæmorrhage	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Dropsy	..	2	..	2	1	..	5
Abscess	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
Ulcer	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fistula	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mortification	1	1	..	..	3	..	..
Cancer	1	1	1	3	5	..	10
Gout	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Pyæmia	..	..	..	1	..	..	1 = 23
III. Tubercular Diseases :
Scrofula	..	4	..	..	..	..	4
Tabes Mesenterica	6	11	..	..	..	..	11
Phthisis (Consumption)	..	11	22	12	2	..	47
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain)	4	7	..	..	..	..	7 = 69
IV. Brain and Nerves:
Meningitis	1	2	..	..	1	..	3
Cerebritis	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Apoplexy	..	..	..	1	2	..	3
Palsy (Paralysis)	..	..	..	1	..	..	2
Delirium Tremens	..	..	..	2	..	..	2
Idiocy	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Epilepsy	..	1	1	1	1	..	4
Insanity	..	..	2	..	..	..	2
Convulsions	6	6	..	..	..	..	6
Hydatids in Brain	..	2	1	1	..	..	4
Disease of Brain, &c.	..	..	..	1	..	..	1 = 28
Carried forward	32	89	33	28	17	1	168