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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 1860

[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 June 30th, 1860.2nd QUARTER, 1860.

Deaths Registered in the District of Hackney during the Thirteen Weeks ending June 30th, 1860.

2nd QUARTER, 1860.

Causes of Death,Ages.Total.
Under 11 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 5060 and under 8080 and above
I. Zymotic:
Small-pox..................
Measles16...1......8
Scarlatina212............14
Hooping Cough46............10
Croup..................
Thrush..................
Diarrhœa...1............1
Dysentery1............12
Cholera..................
Influenza...............11
Scurvy and Purpura..................
Ague..................
Remittent Fever..................
Infantile Fever..................
Fever...4221...9
Puerperal Fever..................
Rheumatic Fever.........1......1
Erysipelas..................
Syphilis..................
Noma..................
Diptheria..................=46
II. Dropsy, &c.
HÅ“morrhage......1...1...2
Dropsy.........12...3
Abscess...1............1
Ulcer..................
Fistula..................
Mortification..................
Cancer......217...10
Gout..................= 16
III. Tubercular:
Scrofula...4...1......5
Tabes Mesenterica26............8
Consumption...72281...38
Water on the Brain36............9=60
IV. Brain and Nerves:
Meningitis...7......1...8
Cerebritis...12.........3
Apoplexy.........59...14
Palsy...l...110...12
Delirium Tremens......1.........1
Idiocy..................
Epilepsy...l1...1...3
Insanity............1...1
Convulsions...2............10
Disease of Brain, &c....211......4
Spinal Cord............1...5=7
Carried forward21673222352179