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 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Scarlatina | 3 | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 10 |
Hooping Cough | 5 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 |
Croup | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Thrush | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diarrhœa (Bowel Complaint) | 3 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 6 |
Dysentery | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scurvy and Purpura | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Remittent Fever | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Infantile Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhus Fever | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
Puerperal Fever (Metria) | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Erysipelas (Rose) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Noma (Canker) | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
II. Dropsy, &c.: | |||||||
Haemorrhage | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Dropsy | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 |
Abscess | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ulcer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fistula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Mortification | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Cancer | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
III. Tubercular: | |||||||
Scrofula | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Phthisis (Consumption) | 4 | 15 | 26 | 12 | 3 | .. | 56 |
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain) | 4 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 |
IV. Brain and Nerves: | |||||||
Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebritis | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Apoplexy | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 |
Palsy (Paralysis) | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 10 | .. | 13 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Idiocy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Insanity | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Convulsions | 14 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 |
Disease of Brain, &c. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | |
Carried forward | 43 | 107 | 38 | 22 | 24 | 3 | 194 |