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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, including those in the East London Union and the German Hospital, during the Thirteen Weeks ending Sept. 26th,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..............
Measles..5........5
Scarlatina410........10
Hooping Cough717........17
Croup..............
Thrush11........1
Diarrhœa (Bowel Complaint)3544114..50
Dysentery........1..1
*Cholera22........2
Influenza..............
Scurvy and Purpura..............
Ague..............
Remittent Fever..............
Infantile Fever..............
Typhus and Bilious Fevers..6724..19
Puerperal Fever (Metria)....4......4
Rheumatic Fever......1....1
Erysipelas (Rose)11........1
Syphilis..1........1
Noma (Canker).............. =112
II. Dropsy, &c.:
Hæmorrhage....1......1
Dropsy......11..2
Abscess......1....1
Ulcer..............
Fistula..............
Mortification......43..7
Cancer..1123..7
Gout......1....1
Pyæmia.............. = 19
III. Tubercular Diseases :
Scrofula..21......3
Tabes Mesenterica1017........17
Phthisis (Consumption)..9208....37
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain)510........10 =67
IV. Brain and Nerves:
Meningitis..............
Cerebritis..............
Apoplexy....147315
Palsy (Paralysis)........7..7
Delirium Tremens....2..2..4
Idiocy..............
Epilepsy..1........1
Insanity....311..5
Convulsions79........9
Hydatids in Brain..............
Disease of Brain, &c...2....1..3 = 44
Carried forward721384126343242

* Both wore cases of English Cholera in Infants,