London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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prevalent during the hot weather. These numbers are uncorrected
for increase of population, so that 4 per cent. should
be added for each year, i.e., 36 per cent. for 1856, 32 per cent.
for 1857, to render the comparison correct.
| Year | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUARTERS | |||||||||
| First | 27.5 | 27.7 | 24.4 | 27.1 | 25.7 | ||||
| Second | 21.4 | ||||||||
| Third | 24.4 | 27.2 | 22.8 | ||||||
| Fourth | 26.7 | 20.2 | 27.0 | 24.7 | 23.8 | 28.7 | 22.1 | 27.2 | 27.2 |
| Totals | 100 |
The influence of season on mortality was much less marked
than usual, the rate of death for the second and third quarters
having been 23.5 and 23 6 per cent. respectively, whilst the
rate for the first quarter was only 25.7, and for the last quarter
27.2 per cent.
| Years | Under 1 year | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15, | 15to25 | 25to35 | 35to45 | 45to55 | 55to65j | 65to75 | 75to85 | 85to95 | 95 and upwards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1864 | 447 | 351 | 108 | 150 | 154 | 164 | 148 | 239 | 52 | 3 | Totals. | ||
| 1865 | 537 | 316 | 143 | 154 | 170 | 174 | 234 | 198 | 33 | 5 | |||
| 1864 | 22.3 | 16.4 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 2.4 | 0.1 | Per Centages. | |
| 1865 | 24.6 | 14.5 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 1.5 | 0.2 | ||