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Hackney 1861

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TABLE.

Deaths Registered in the District of Hackney during the Thirteen Weeks ending Saturday, March30th,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	12	..	..	..	..	19
Scarlatina	..	12	..	..	..	..	12
Hooping Cough	5	16	..	..	..	..	21
Croup	1	2	..	..	..	..	3
Thrush	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diarrhœa (Bowel Complaint)	2	..	..	..	1	..	3
Dysentery	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..
Influenza	..	..	..	..	1	1	2
Ague	..	..	..	..	..	..
Remittent Fever	..	2	..	..	..	..	2
Typhus Fever	..	4	..	4	1	..	9
Puerperal Fever (Metria)	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rheumatic Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..
Erysipelas (Rose)	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
Syphilis	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Noma (Canker)	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
Diphtheria	3	3	1	..	..	..	7—81
II. Dropsy, &c.:
Hæmorrhage	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dropsy	..	..	2	..	2	..	4
Abscess	..	..	1	..	..	1	2
Ulcer	..	..	..	..	..	..
Fistula	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mortification	..	..	..	2	3	..	5
Cancer	..	..	..	3	3	..	6
Gout	..	..	..	1	1	..	2—19
III. Tubercular:
Scrofula	..	2	..	1	..	..	3
Tabes Mesenterica	2	6	..	..	..	..	8
Phthisis (Consumption)	..	8	24	18	..	..	50
Hydrocephalus (Water on Brain)	8	6	..	..	..	..	14—75
IV. Brain and Nerves:
Inflammation of Brain, &c.	1	6	..	3	6	1	17
Apoplexy	..	..	..	3	13	..	16
Palsy (Paralysis)	..	..	..	3	5	..	8
Delirium Tremens	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Chorea	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Epilepsy	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Insanity	..	..	1	2	1	1	5
Convulsions	10	4	..	..	..	..	14
Disease of Brain, &c.	..	2	..	1	1	..	4
Spinal Cord	..	..	..	..	..	..	—67
Carried forward	41	87	29	43	38	4	242