London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hackney 1858

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

This page requires JavaScript

TABLE I

Deaths registered in the District of Hackney during the Thirteen Weeks ending October.nd,1858.

Causes of Death.Ages.Total
Under 10 and under 20.20 and under 40.40 and under 60.60 and under 80.80 and above
x. Zymotic Diseases :
Small.pox.....................
Measles27...............
Scarlatina919............7
Hooping Cough4101.........20
Croup.....................
Thrush33............0
Diarrhoea (Bowel Complaint)20261...3...3
Dysentery12I2......30
Cholera............1...4
Influenza............1...1
Scurvy and Purpura.....................
Ague.....................
Remittent Fever.....................
Infantile Fever.....................
Typhus Fever...6313......
Puerperal Fever (Metria)......12......13
Rheumatic Fever......12......3
Erysipelas (Rose)...1...............
Syphilis1.........1...3
Noma (Canker).....................
Diptheria2102...1...13 = 107
II. Dropsy, &c. :
Haemorrhage.....................
Dropsy...1121...5
A bscess.....................
Ulcer.....................
Fistula.....................
Mortification............1......
Cancer.........2327
Gout..................=.13
III. Tubercular Diseases :
Scrofula.....................
Tabes Mesenterica811............11
Phthisis (Consumption)...724131247
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain)344=62
IV. Brain and Nerves :
Meningitis...1......1...2
Cerebritis.....................
Apoplexy......113...5
Palsy (Paralysis)......127...30
Delirium Tremens......211...4
Epilepsy......1.........1
Tetanus.....................
Insanity......11......2
Convulsions78............8
Disease of Brain, &c34...24...10=42
ยป Spinal Cord.....................
Carried forward63120,3929315224