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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 1865
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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TABLE IV.
Per Centages of Deaths in 1857-65—From All Diseases.
| Years | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | 51°0 | 49°2 | 50°7 | 47°0 | 49°4 | 49°5 | 50° 3 | 48°5 | 50°3 |
| Zymotic (Epidemic) Diseases | 19.8 | 21.9 | 23.0 | 16.8 | 19.9 | 21.5 | 23.7 | 19.8 | 20.8 |
| Diseases of uncertain seat | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| Tubercular Disease | 18.5 | 14.7 | 15.9 | 16.8 | 16.5 | 17.1 | 15.5 | 17.1 | 18.1 |
| Diseases of Nervous System | 10.9 | 12.4 | 14.0 | 13.7 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 13.2 | 11.2 | 11.9 |
| Heart | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 4.9 |
| Lungs, &c. | 16.9 | 16.2 | 14.1 | 18.5 | 17.4 | 13.9 | 14.6 | 19.1 | 16.1 |
| Digestive Organs | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| Kidney, &c. | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| from Childbirth, &c. | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| of Bones, Joints, &c. | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| the Skin | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | _ | _ | 0.2 |
| Malformations | 0.1 | — | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Premature Birth & Debility | 2.5 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| Atrophy | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| Old Age | 7.2 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 7.6 |
| Sudden Deaths | 1.6 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | – | — |
| Violence—Accidents, &c. | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| Not specified | 0.3 | — | — | — | 0.1 | — | — | – | — |
| 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Still the rate of death from these causes, 20.8 per cent., is
higher than I hope it will be in future. The rate of tubercular
affections, 18.1 is also higher than it has been since 1857,
but it, as well as the Zymotic is not so high as in most districts.
Deaths from diseases of the nervous system were fewer than
usual, the proportion being 11.9 per cent. Diseases of the
heart were less fatal than usual. Affections of the lungs also
caused fewer deaths, the average of the nine years being 16 3
per cent., and that for 1865 16.1 per cent. The other classes
do not require any special mention, except "from old age,"
under which head we find a larger proportion than usual.