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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Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 | and under20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above | ||
I. Zymotic: | |||||||
Smallpox | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlatina | .. | 14 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 15 |
Hooping Cough | 4 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Thrush | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhœa (Bowel Complaint) | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scurvy and Purpura | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Remittent Fever | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Infantile Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhus Fever | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. | 11 |
Puerperal Fever (Metria) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Erysipelas (Rose) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Noma (Canker) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diptheria | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 10—60 |
II. Dropsy, &c.: | |||||||
Hæmorrhage | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
Abscess | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Ulcer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fistula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Mortification | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Cancer | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 6 | l | 14—21 |
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
III. Tubercular: | |||||||
Scrofula | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Phthisis (Consumption) | .. | 5 | 27 | 12 | 1 | .. | 45 |
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain) | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8—58 |
IV. Brain and Nerves: | |||||||
Meningitis | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Cerebritis | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 5 |
Apoplexy | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
Palsy (Paralysis) | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 1 | 12 |
Delirium Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Epilepsy | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Insanity | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Convulsions | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Disease of Spinal Cord, &c. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1—45 |
Carried forward | 24 | 49 | 44 | 30 | 32 | 5 | 184 |