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Hackney 1859

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TABLE.

Deaths Registered in the District of Hackney during the Thirteen Weeks ending Saturday, December31st,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	..	2	..	..	..	..	2
Measles	..	4	..	..	..	..	4
Scarlatina	..	31	..	..	..	..	31
Hooping Cough	3	5	..	..	..	..	8
Croup	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Thrush	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Diarrhœa (Bowel Complaint)	4	1	..	..	2	..	7
Dysentery	..	1	..	..	2	..	3
Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Influenza	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Scurvy and Purpura	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ague	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Remittent Fever	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
Infantile Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fever	1	14	3	2	2	..	22
Puerperal Fever (Metria)	..	..	2	..	..	..	2
Rheumatic Fever	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Erysipelas (Rose)	1	..	1	..	..	..	2
Syphilis	1	..	1	..	..	..	2
Diptheria	..	7	..	..	..	..	7—94
II. Dropsy, &c.:
Hæmorrhage	..	..	..	2	..	..	2
Dropsy	..	..	..	2	3	..	5
Abscess	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Ulcer	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fistula	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mortification	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Cancer	..	2	1	1	4	..	8
Gout	..	..	..	..	1	1	2—19
III. Tubercular:
Scrofula	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Tabes Mesenterica	1	4	..	..	..	..	5
Phthisis (Consumption)	..	5	25	15	3	..	48
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain)	1	5	..	..	..	..	6—60
IV. Brain and Nerves:
Meningitis	..	2	..	..	..	..	2
Cerebritis	..	3	..	..	1	..	4
Apoplexy	..	1	..	4	5	1	11
Palsy (Paralysis)	..	1	..	2	6	2	11
Delirium Tremens	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Epilepsy	..	2	..	1	1	..	4
Insanity	..	..	1	1	..	..	2
Convulsions	10	3	..	..	..	..	13
Disease of Brain, &c.	..	1	..	3	2	..	6
Disease of Spinal Cord	..	1	..	2	..	..	3—57
Carried forward	23	96	35	37	32	7	230