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Hackney 1861

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TABLE.

Deaths Registered in the District of Hackney during the Thirteen Weeks ending December28th,1861.

Causes of Death.	Ages.						Total.
Causes of Death.	Under 1	1 and under 20	20 and under 40	40 and under 60	60 and under 80	80 and above	Total.
I. Zymotic.
Small.pox	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles	..	7	..	..	..	..	7
Scarlatina	1	25	2	..	..	..	28
Hooping Cough	8	12	..	..	..	..	20
Croup	2	7	..	..	..	..	9
Thrush	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Diarrhœa (Bowel Complaint)	1	2	..	..	2	..	5
Dysentery	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..
Influenza	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ague	..	..	..	..	..	..
Remittent Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..
Continued Fever	..	11	7	1	6	1	26
Perpetual Fever (Metria)	..	..	2	..	..	..	2
Rheumatic Fever	..	..	..	.1	..	..	1
Erysipelas (Rose)	..	..	..	..	..	..
Syphilis	..	..	..	..	..	..
Noma (Canker)	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diphtheria	1	4	..	..	..	..	5.104
II. Dropsy, &c.:
Haemorrhage	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dropsy	..	..	..	1	1	1	3
Abscess	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Ulcer	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fistula	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mortification	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Cancer	..	..	..	5	12	..	17
Gout	..	..	..	..	..	..	.22
III. Tubercular:
Scrofula	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tabes Mesenterica	7	8	..	..	..	..	15
Phthisis (Consumption)	..	3	19	19	2	..	43
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain)	1	7	..	..	..	..	8—66
IY. Brain and Nerves :
Inflammation2	2	5	5	1	2	..	15
Apoplexy	..	2	1	3	4	..	10
Palsy (Paralysis)	..	1	..	..	5	1	7
Delirium Tremens	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chorea	..	..	..	..	..	..
Epilepsy	..	1	2	..	..	..	3
Insanity	..	1	..	2	..	..	3
Convulsions	4	1	..	..	..	..	5
Disease of Brain. &c	..	..	..	..	..	..
Spinal Cord	..	..	..	..	..	..	—43
Carried forward	29	97	39	33	34	3	235