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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 1861
[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 September 29th, 1861.
Causes of Death.
Ages,
Total.
Under 1
1 and
under 20
20 and
under 40
40 and
under 60
60 and
under 80
80 and
above
I. Zymotic.
Small pox
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Measles
..
4
..
..
..
..
4
Scarlatina
..
11
..
..
..
..
11
Hooping Cough
5
7
..
..
..
..
12
Croup
7
..
..
..
..
..
7
Thrush
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Diarrhœa (Bowel Complafnt)
27
8
..
..
5
3
43
Dysentery
..
..
..
1
1
..
2
Cholera
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Influenza
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Ague
..
..
..
..
..
..
Remittent Fever
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Infantile lever
1
3
6
2
..
..
12
Continued Fever
..
..
..
..
..
..
Rheumatic Fever
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Erysipelas (Rose)
..
..
..
1
1
..
2
Syphilis
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Noma (Canker)
..
..
..
..
..
..
Diphtheria
1
5
..
..
..
..
6-106
II. Dropsy, &c.:
Hæmorrhage
..
1
1
..
..
..
2
Dropsy
..
..
..
1
1
..
2
Abscess
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
Ulcer
..
..
..
..
..
..
Fistula
..
..
..
..
..
..
Mortification
1
..
..
..
1
..
2
Cancer
..
..
..
9
6
2
17
Gout
..
..
..
..
2
..
2—27
III. Tubercular:
Scrofula
..
2
1
..
..
..
3
Tabes Mesenterica
7
8
..
..
..
..
15
Phthisis (Consumption)
..
5
24
17
..
..
46
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain)
6
2
..
..
..
..
8—72
IV. Brain and Nerves:
Inflammation of Brain
..
6
..
2
4
..
12
Apoplexy
..
..
..
6
1
3
10
Palsy (Paralysis)
..
..
..
2
6
..
8
Delirium Tremens
..
..
..
..
,.
..
Chorea
..
..
..
..
..
..
Epilepsy
..
..
1
1
1
..
3
Insanity
..
..
1
2
..
..
3
Convulsions
5
3
..
..
..
..
8
Disease of Brain, &c.
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
Spinal Cord
..
..
..
1
..
..
1—46
Carried forward
63
72
34
45
29
8
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