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Hackney 1859

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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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.
Under 11 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and above
I. Zymotic:
Smallpox..2........2
Measles..4........4
Scarlatina..31........31
Hooping Cough35........8
Croup..............
Thrush1..........1
Diarrhœa (Bowel Complaint)41....2..7
Dysentery..1....2..3
Cholera..............
Influenza..........11
Scurvy and Purpura..............
Ague..............
Remittent Fever..1........1
Infantile Fever..............
Fever114322..22
Puerperal Fever (Metria)....2......2
Rheumatic Fever..........11
Erysipelas (Rose)1..1......2
Syphilis1..1......2
Diptheria..7........7—94
II. Dropsy, &c.:
Hæmorrhage......2....2
Dropsy......23..5
Abscess......1....1
Ulcer..............
Fistula..............
Mortification..........11
Cancer..2114..8
Gout........112—19
III. Tubercular:
Scrofula......1....1
Tabes Mesenterica14........5
Phthisis (Consumption)..525153..48
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain)15........6—60
IV. Brain and Nerves:
Meningitis..2........2
Cerebritis..3....1..4
Apoplexy..1..45111
Palsy (Paralysis)..1..26211
Delirium Tremens....1......1
Epilepsy..2..11..4
Insanity....11....2
Convulsions103........13
Disease of Brain, &c...1..32..6
Disease of Spinal Cord..1..2....3—57
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