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Hackney 1857

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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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.
Under 10 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and above
I. Zymotic:
Small-pox..............
Measles410........10
Scarlatina..2........2
Hooping Cough716........16
Croup..1........1
Thrush..............
Diarrhœa (Bowel Complaint)12........4
Dysentery............1
Cholera11........1
Influenza..............
Scurvy and Purpura............1
Ague..............
Remittent Fever..............
Infantile Fever..............
Typhus Fever..55......10
Puerperal Fever (Metria)..............
Rheumatic Fever..1........1
Erysipelas (Rose)..............
Syphilis..............
Noma (Canker)..1........1 = 48
II. Dropsy, &c. :
Hæmorrhage....1......1
Dropsy..2..21..5
Abscess..1........1
Ulcer..............
Fistula..............
Mortification11....3....
Cancer11135..10
Gout......1....1
Pyæmia......1....1 = 23
III. Tubercular Diseases :
Scrofula..4........4
Tabes Mesenterica611........11
Phthisis (Consumption)..1122122..47
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain)47........7 = 69
IV. Brain and Nerves:
Meningitis12....1..3
Cerebritis......1....1
Apoplexy......12..3
Palsy (Paralysis)......1....2
Delirium Tremens......2....2
Idiocy..............
Epilepsy..1111..4
Insanity....2......2
Convulsions66........6
Hydatids in Brain..211....4
Disease of Brain, &c.......1....1 = 28
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