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Hackney 1857

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: TABLE II.Deaths Registered in the District of Hackney, including those in the East London Unionand the German Hospital, during the Fourteen Weeks ending Jan.2nd, 1858.

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TABLE II.

Deaths Registered in the District of Hackney, including those in the East London Unionand the German Hospital, during the Fourteen Weeks ending Jan.2nd, 1858.

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:	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
Measles	2	4	..	..	..	..	4
Scarlatina	8	17	2	..	..	..	19
Hooping Cough	6	10	..	..	..	..	10
Croup	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
Diarrhœa (Bowel Complaint)	4	5	..	..	2	..	9
Dysentery	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Influenza					1		2
Scurvy and Purpura	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ague	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Remittent Fever	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Infantile Fever		..	..	..	..	..	..
Typhus and Bilious Fevers	..	8	..	3	2	..	21
Puerperal Fever (Metria)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rheumatic Fever	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
Erysipelas (Rose)	..	..	..	1	1	..	2
Syphilis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Noma (Canker)	..	1	..	..	..	..	..
Diptherite	..	••	..	••	1	..	1 = 74
II. Dropsy, &c.:	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Hæmorrhage	..	..	••	..	..	..	••
Dropsy	..	..	••	4	4	..	8
Abscess	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
Ulcer	..	..	..	..	..	••	••
Fistula	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mortification	..	..	..	..	2	1	3
Cancer	..	..	1	3	4	4	12
Gout	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Pyæmia	..	1	1	••	..	..	2 = 27
III. Tubercular Diseases :	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Scrofula	..	2	1	..	..	..	3
Tabes Mesenterica	8	15	..	..	..	..	15
Phthisis (Consumption)	..	9	20	8	1	..	38
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain)	5	9	..	..	..	..	9 = 65
IV. Brain and Nerves:
Meningitis	..	2	..	..	..	..	2
Cerebritis	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Apoplexy	..	..	..	2	6	2	10
Palsy (Paralysis)	..	..	..	..	1	2	3
Delirium Tremens	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Chorea	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
Epilepsy	..	1	1	..	..	..	2
Insanity	..	..	2	1	1	..	4
Convulsions	10	14	..	..	..	..	14
Hydatids in Brain	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Disease of Brain, &c.	..	1	..	1	..	..	2 = 40
Carried forward	39	104	38	23	30	11	206