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Hackney 1859

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TABLE.

Deaths Registered in the District of Hackney during the Thirteen Weeks ending Saturday, Octoberlst, 1859.

Causes of Death.	Ages.						Total.
Causes of Death.	Under 1	1 and under 20	20 and under 40	40 and under 60	60 and under 80	80 and above	Total.
I. Zymotic:
Smallpox	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Measles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Scarlatina	..	19	..	..	..	..	19
Hooping Cough	1	1	..	..	..	..	2
Croup	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Thrush	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diarrhœa (Bowel Complaint)	48	12	..	2	9	4	75
Dysentery	..	..	3	2	..	..	5
Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Influenza	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Scurvy and Purpura	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ague	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Remittent Fever	..	2	1	1	..	..	4
Infantile Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Typhus Fever	..	5	4	4	..	1	14
Puerperal Fever (Metria)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rheumatic Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Erysipelas (Rose)	1	..	..	..	2	..	3
Syphilis	2	..	..	..	..	..	2
Noma (Canker)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diptheria	1	..	..	..	..	..	1—127
II. Dropsy, &c.:
Hæmorrhage	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Dropsy	..	..	..	..	2	..	2
Abscess	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ulcer	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fistula	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mortification	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Cancer	..	1	2	1	6	1	11
Gout	..	..	..	..	1	..	1—16
III. Tubercular:
Scrofula	..	..	1	1	..	..	2
Tabes Mesenterica	10	3	..	..	..	..	13
Phthisis (Consumption)	..	15	23	14	2	..	54
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain)	6	6	..	..	..	..	12—81
IV. Brain and Nerves:
Meningitis	..	2	..	..	..	..	2
Apoplexy	..	..	2	3	2	1	8
Palsy (Paralysis)	..	1	..	5	10	..	16
Delirium Tremens	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Epilepsy	..	..	..	1	2	..	3
Insanity	..	..	2	..	..	..	2
Convulsions	5	2	..	..	..	..	7
Disease of Brain	1	3	1	2	4	1	12
Disease of Spinal Cord, &c.	1	..	..	..	..	..	1—52
Carried forward	77	72	41	?6	41	9	276