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.
Deaths Registered in the District of Hackney during the Thirteen Weeks ending Saturday, April 2nd , 1859.
Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 | and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 6o | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above | ||
I. Zymotic: | |||||||
Smallpox | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Measles | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Scarlatina | 3 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 |
Hooping Cough | 2 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 |
Croup | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Thrush | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diarrhoea (Bowel Complaint) | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 |
Scurvy and Purpura | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Infantile Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Typhus Fever | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 8 |
Puerperal Fever (Metria) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Erysipelas (Rose) | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | 1 | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Noma (canker) | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diptheria | 1 | 7 | •• | .. | 1 | .. | 9—78 |
II. Dropsy, &c.: | |||||||
Hæmorrhage | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Dropsy | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | |
Abscess | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Ulcer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Fistula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Mortification | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Cancer | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 5—14 | |
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
III. Tubercular: | |||||||
Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 5 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | |
Phthisis (Consumption) | .. | 4 | 19 | 6 | .. | .. | 29 |
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain) | 1 | 6 | •• | •• | .. | .. | 7—49 |
IV. Brain and Nerves : | |||||||
Meningitis | 3 | 2 | .. | •• | 1 | •• | 6 |
Cerebritis | .. | I | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 |
Apoplexy | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 6 | •• | 12 |
Palsy (Paralysis) | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Epilepsy | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Insanity | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Convulsions | 15 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 |
Disease of Brain, &c. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | •• | 7—64 |
Carried forward | 33 | 76 | 29 | 23 | 37 | 7 | 205 |