Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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TABLE II.
Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 | 0 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above | ||
I. Zymotic: | |||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Scarlatina | 4 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 |
Hooping Cough | 7 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Thrush | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diarrhœa (Bowel Complaint) | 35 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 50 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
*Cholera | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scurvy and Purpura | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Infantile Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhus and Bilious Fevers | .. | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | .. | 19 |
Puerperal Fever (Metria) | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas (Rose) | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Noma (Canker) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. =112 |
II. Dropsy, &c.: | |||||||
Hæmorrhage | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Abscess | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Ulcer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fistula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Mortification | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | .. | 7 |
Cancer | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 7 |
Gout | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. = 19 |
III. Tubercular Diseases : | |||||||
Scrofula | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 10 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 |
Phthisis (Consumption) | .. | 9 | 20 | 8 | .. | .. | 37 |
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain) | 5 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 =67 |
IV. Brain and Nerves: | |||||||
Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Apoplexy | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
Palsy (Paralysis) | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 7 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 |
Idiocy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Epilepsy | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Insanity | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 |
Convulsions | 7 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Hydatids in Brain | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Disease of Brain, &c. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 = 44 |
Carried forward | 72 | 138 | 41 | 26 | 34 | 3 | 242 |
* Both wore cases of English Cholera in Infants,