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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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Table: Table 9.Deaths registered in the District of Hackney, during the Fifty-two Weeks ending December 26th,1863.

Table 9.

Deaths registered in the District of Hackney, during the Fifty-two Weeks ending December 26th,1863.

CAUSES OP DEATH,AGESTotal
Under l1 and under 2020 and under 4040 and under 6060 and under 8080 and above
I. Zymotic—
Small-pox14121221...41
Measles433............37
Scarlatina1111121......125
whooping-Cough919............28
Croup422............26
Throush1...............1
Diarrhœa (Bowel complaint)41131...4160
Dysentery2...121...6
Cholera.....................
Influenza3.........418
Ague............1...1
Remittent Fever...4............4
Continued Fever...271047149
Puerperal Fever (Metria)......7.........7
Rheumatic Fever...3331...10
Erysipelas (Rose)22223314
Syphilis6...............6
Diphtheria6271.........34
457
II. Dropsy. &c.—
Hæmorrhage...1222...7
Dropsy...32610122
Abscess11......4
Ulcer............1...1
Fistula............... ......
Mortification131...4211
Cancer......31817139
Gout..................1
85
III. Tubercular—.....................
Scrofula11............2
Tabes Mesenterica3516............51
Phthisis (Consumption)12999585...192
Hydrocephalus (water on brain)3123............54
299
IV. Brain and Nerves—
Inflammation of Brain, &c81961213159
Apoplexy......31826249
Palsy(Paralysis).........1733758
Delirium tremens......21......3
Chorea...1............1
Epilepsy13321...10
Insanity............3.5
Convulsions5513............68
Other Diseases of Brain.....................
Diseases of Spinal Cord...1............2 255
Carried forward237388160151139211096