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Hackney 1863

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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quarter as compared with the corresponding quarters of
other years. Thus, in 1857 277 per 1000 of the total
mortality for the year was registered in the first
quarter; 277 per 1000 in the first quarter of 1858;
244 in that of 1859; 318 in that of 1860; 292 in that
of 1861; 271 in that of 1862; and 283 in that of 1863;
proving, that with one exception the first or winter
quarter was the most unhealthy during the years 18571863.
I have, in former occasions, pointed out the great
increase in the number of deaths when cold weather set
in, an increase greater than obtains for the whole of
London, and the necessity, therefore, of protecting
especially the young, weakly and old from extreme
atmospheric changes.

Table VII.

Per Centages of Deaths in each Quarter, 1857 to 1863.

186718581859i860186118621863
Temperature51°049°250°747 °049°449°5350°
Quarters First27.527.724.431.829.227.128.3
Second21.421.321.423.522.424.125.1
Third24.421.827.220024.620.124.5
Fourth26.729.227.024.723.828.722.1
Total100100100100100100100

In the year 1863 no less than 437 children died during
the first year of life, or 22.7 per cent of the total