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Hackney 1859

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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.
Causes of Death.	Under 1	and under20	20 and under 40	40 and under 60	60 and under 80	80 and above	Total.
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