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Table: 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.

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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.
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	..	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

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Hackney 1857

Table: 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.

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