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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 March31. 1860.1st QUARTER, 1860.

Deaths Registered in the District of Hackney during the Thirteen Weeks ending March31. 1860.

1st QUARTER, 1860.

Causes of Death,Agea.Total.
Under 11 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 5060 and under 8080 and above
I. Zymotic:
Small-pox1.........1...2
Measles18............9
Scarlatina...14............14
Hooping Coup912............21
Croup.....................
Thrush..................
Diarrœa..................3
Dysentery......2.........2
Cholera..................
Influenza............112
Scurvey and Purpura..................
Ague..................
Remittent Fever.........1......1
Infantile Fever..................
Continued Fever...10221...15
Puerperal Fever (Metria)......4.........4
Rheumatic Fever..................
Erysipelas(Rose)...............22
Syphilis1...............1
Noma(canker)..................
Diptheria12............3—79
II. Dropsy, &c.
Hæmorrhege1...............1
Dropsy............213
Abscess......1.........1
Ulcer..................
Fistula..................
Mortification............123
Cancer.........63...9
Gout..................-17
III. Tubercular:
Scrofula..................9
Tables36............62
Phthisis Consumption...729124...13
Hydrocephalus67............—74
IV. Brain and Nerves:
Meningitis141.........6
Cerebritis............1...1
Aprolexy.........22...4
Palsy(Paralysis.........317323
Delirium Tremeans..................
Idiocy..................
Epilepsy......11......2
Insanity......22l...5
Convulsions151............16
Disease of Brain, &c2i...241
Spinal Cord.........1......1-68
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