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Hackney 1857

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TABLE II.

Deaths Registered in the District of Hackney during the Thirteen Weeks ending28th March,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	..	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	..	..	5
Carried forward	43	107	38	22	24	3	194