Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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TABLE—(continued.)
Causes of Death. | Ages. | Total. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 | 1 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under80 | 80 and above | ||
Brought forward | 49 | 96 | 45 | 66 | 66 | 3 | 325 |
X. Joints, Bones, &c: | |||||||
Chronic Rheumatism | |||||||
Disease of Joints | |||||||
Disease of Bones | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Disease of Spine | —3 | ||||||
XI. Skin, Cellular Tissue, &c.: | |||||||
Carbuncle and Boils | |||||||
Phlgemon | |||||||
Disease of skin, &c. | |||||||
XII. Malformation: Spina Bifida | |||||||
Other malformations | 1 | 1 | |||||
XIII. Premature Birth and Debility | 17 | 17 | |||||
XIV. Atrophy | 4 | 4 | |||||
XV. Old Age | 16 | 12 | 28 | ||||
XVI. Sudden Deaths | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
XVII. Violent Deaths: | |||||||
Intemperance | |||||||
Privation of Food | |||||||
Want of Breast Milk | |||||||
Neglect | |||||||
Surgical Operations | |||||||
Poison | 1 | 1 | |||||
Burns and Scalds | 1 | 1 | |||||
Hanging (Suicide) | |||||||
Suffocation | 2 | 2 | |||||
Drowning | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
Fractures and Contusions | |||||||
Wounds | 1 | 1 | |||||
Other Violence | 2 | 2—10 | |||||
XVIII. Not Specified | |||||||
Total | 75 | 99 | 47 | 69 | 84 | 17 | 391 |
Under 1 | 1 and under 20 | 20 and under 40 | 40 and under 60 | 60 and under 80 | 80 and above | Total. |