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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 1864
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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each 1000 deaths for the whole year were, 282 in the first
quarter, 218 in the second, 228 in the third, aud 272 in the
fourth. These proportious, as may be seen in Table VII., do
not differ materially from those of former years, except in 1863,
as the largest mortality occurred in the fourth, and the lowest
in the second quarter.
TABLE VII,
Per Centages of Deaths in each Quarter, 1857 to 1864.
| Year | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | 51°0 | 49°2 | 50°7 | 47°0 | 49°4 | 49°5 | 50°3 | 48°5 |
| quarters. | ||||||||
| First | 27.5 | 27.7 | 24.4 | 31.8 | 29.2 | 27.1 | 28.3 | 28.2 |
| Second | 21.4 | 21.3 | 21.4 | 23.5 | 22.4 | 24.1 | 25.1 | 21.8 |
| Third | 24.4 | 21.8 | 27.2 | 20.0 | 24.6 | 20.1 | 24.5 | 22.8 |
| Fourth | 26.7 | 20.2 | 27.0 | 24.7 | 23.8 | 28.7 | 22.1 | 27.2 |
| Totals | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
In this year, the mortality of children under 1 year old was
rather less than in several previous years, but was above an
average, 477 deaths of children under 1 year having been
registered. The ages at death were as follows: 477, or at the
rate of 223 in each 1000 deaths at all ages; 351, or 164 per
1000 above 1 year and under 5 years; 108, or 51 per 1000
above 5 and under 15 years; 128 above 15 and under 25, or 60
per 1000; 150, or 70 per 4000 between 25 and 35 years old;
154, or 72 per 1000 between 35 and 45 years; 164, or 77 per
1000 between 45 and 55 years old; 148, or 69 per 1000 between
55 and 65 years old: 239, or 111 per 1000 between 65 and 75
years; 168, or 78 per 1000 between 75 and 85; 52, or 24 per 1000
of persons who died between 85 and 35 years old; and 3, or