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Hackney 1859

[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, July 2nd, 1859.

Causes of Death.Ages.Total.
Under 1and under2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and above
I. Zymotic:
Smallpox..1........1
Measles..............
Scarlatina..141......15
Hooping Cough48........12
Croup..............
Thrush..............
Diarrhœa (Bowel Complaint)11....1..3
Dysentery........1..1
Cholera..............
Influenza..............
Scurvy and Purpura..............
Ague..............
Remittent Fever..2........2
Infantile Fever..............
Typhus Fever..3314..11
Puerperal Fever (Metria)......1....1
Rheumatic Fever....2......2
Erysipelas (Rose)....1......1
Syphilis1..........1
Noma (Canker)..............
Diptheria1711....10—60
II. Dropsy, &c.:
Hæmorrhage....11....2
Dropsy......12..3
Abscess..............
Ulcer..............
Fistula..............
Mortification........112
Cancer....166l14—21
Gout..............
III. Tubercular:
Scrofula2..........2
Tabes Mesenterica21........3
Phthisis (Consumption)..527121..45
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain)44........8—58
IV. Brain and Nerves:
Meningitis22........4
Cerebritis..11..3..5
Apoplexy....252211
Palsy (Paralysis)........11112
Delirium Tremens..............
Epilepsy....11....2
Insanity....3......3
Convulsions7..........7
Disease of Spinal Cord, &c.......1....1—45
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