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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 1863
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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violence, or 3.7 per cent. The proportion of sudden
deaths, or deaths from violence and accidents varies but
little; thus, in 1857 it was 4.4 per cent.; in 1858, 4.5
per cent.; in 1859, 4.0 per cent.; in 1860, 5.3 per cent.;
in 1861, only 3.2 per cent.; in 1862, 3.4 per cent.; and
' in 1863, 4.6 per cent. of the total deaths.
Table V.
Per Centages of Deaths in 1857-63 from all Diseases.
| 1857 51°0 | 1858 49°2 | 1859 50°7 | 1860 47°0 | 1861 49°4 | 1862 49°5 | 1863 50°3 | Total Deaths 1863 | |
| 1 Zymotic (Epidemic) Diseases | 19.8 | 21.9 | 23.0 | 16.8 | 19.9 | 21.5 | 23.7 | 457 |
| 2 Diseases of uncertain seat | 5.4 | 4.7 | 45 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 85 |
| 3 Tubercular Disease | 18.5 | 14.7 | 15.9 | 16.8 | 16.5 | 171 | 15.5 | 299 |
| 1 Diseases of Nervous System | 10.9 | 12.4 | 14.0 | 13.7 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 13.2 | 255 |
| 5 Heart | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 4.3 6.3 4.3 | 84 |
| 6 Lungs, &c | 16.9 | 16.2 | 14.1 | 18.5 | 17.4 | 13.9 | 14.6 | 283 |
| 7 Digestive Organs | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 51 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 112 |
| 8 ... Kidney, &c | l.6 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 32 |
| 9 from Childbirth | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 21 |
| 10 of the Bones, Joints, &c | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 13 |
| 11 Skin | 02 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 12 Malformations | 0.1 | — | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 9 |
| 13 Premature Birth and Debility | 2.5 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 58 |
| 14 Atrophy | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 16 |
| 15 Old Age | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 119 |
| 16 Sudden Deaths | 1.6 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 18 |
| 17 Deaths fr.Violence Accidents | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 70 |
| 18 Not specified | 0.3 | — | — | — | 0.1 | — | — | — |
| 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 1932 |
The next table is an unusually interesting one, as it
shows the number of deaths, uncorrected for increase of
population, from epidemic diseases since my appointment.
It will be seen that Hackney has participated in the
small.pox epidemic of 1863, in common with the rest
of the metropolis, but not to so great an extent; for