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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1859
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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TABLE II.
185 9.—Deaths in each District.
| Quarters. | Stoke Newingtn. | Stamford Hill. | West Hackney. | Hackney. | South Hackney. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First......... | 34 | 21 | 96 | 168 | 63 | 382 | |
| Second | 14 | 21 | 105 | 142 | 62 | 331 | |
| Third | 33 | 18 | 126 | 179 | 70 | 426 | |
| Fourth | 27 | 28 | 93 | 203 | 70 | 421 | |
| Totals | 108 | 88 | 420 | 692 | 256 | 1663 | |
| Corrected Numbers | 114 | 96 444 | 496 | 269 | 1419 | ||
| Per Centage. | deaths | 8.0 | 6.7 | 31.3 | 35.0 | 19.0 | |
| births | 6.7 | 6.1 | 31.8 | 36.7 | 18.7 | ||
As I have laid before you in my quarterly reports the details of the
causes of death during the past year, I now present an abstract only,
so as to show the mortality from each of the great groups into which
diseases are classed.
TABLE III. Deaths in 1857.
| 1st Qr | 2nd Qr | 3rd Qr | 4th Qr | Total | Percent- ages. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symotic Diseases | 78 | 60 | 127 | 94 | 359 | 23.0 |
| Diiseases of uncertain Seat | 14 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 70 | 4.5 |
| Tubercular Diseases | 49 | 58 | 81 | 60 | 248 | 15.9 |
| Diseases of the Nervous System | 61 | 45 | 52 | 57 | 218 | 14.0 |
| ,, Heart | 11 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 60 | 3.8 |
| Lungs, &c | 77 | 57 | 23 | 64 | 221 | 14.1 |
| Stomach, &c | 25 | 22 | 25 | 19 | 91 | 5.8 |
| Kidney, &c | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 2.2 |
| from Childbirth. | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 1.0 |
| of the bone joints | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0.4 |
| Skin | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0.3 |
| Malformation | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 0.1 |
| Premature Birth and Debility | 9 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 48 | 3 .1 |
| Atrophy | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Old Age | 29 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 66 | 6.8 |
| sudden Death | 5 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 0.8 |
| Violent Death | 9 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 51 | 3 |
| Not specified | — | — | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 382 | 344 | 426 | 421 | 1563 | 100 |