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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: TABLE OF DEATHSREGISTERED IN THE HACKNEY DISTRICT, DURING THE YEAR 1865.

TABLE OF DEATHS

REGISTERED IN THE HACKNEY DISTRICT, DURING THE YEAR 1865.

AGESUnder 1 year1 to 55 to 1515to2525to3535to4545to5555to6565to7575to8585to9595 and upwardsTotal.
CLASS 1.—Order 1.
Small Fox5.........1.....................6
Measles418..............................22
Scarlatina5622722.....................98
Diphthæria3762...3...1............22
Croup101...........................11
Whooping Cough21341...........................56
Fever15347623521......75
Erysipelas5...............142......12
Metria.........1........................1
Carbuncle.....................2...1......3
Influenza........................2......2
Dysentery21.........1...3............7
Diarrhœa99143......11...25......125
Cholera32...............1...1......7
Remittent Fever...............1......1.........2
Rheumatism......1311..................6
Order 2.—455
Syphillis41......l.....................— 6
Order 3.
Privation...............11...............2
Want of breast milk4.................................4
Purpura and Scurvy......11........................2
AlcoholDel.Tremen.............4......1............5
Intmprnce.....................................
CLASS 2.—Order 1.—13
Gout..................12............3
Dropsy...3......114721......19
Cancer......1...17108153......45
Mortification1............22...311...10
Order 2.— 77
Scrofula............1.....................1
Tabes Mesenterica352741.....................67
Phthisis8875277494421102...1272
Water on the Brain28184...........................50
CLASS 3.—Order 1.—397
Inflammn. of Brain4102...4577761...53
Apoplexy.........1311122112......60
Paralysis............126141015......
Insanity...............5121.........9
Epilepsy...125...222............14
Convulsions5614..............................70
Brain disease...—...212......11......7
Order 2.—261
Inflammn. of heart......2222...1............9
Aneurism............1...31.........5
Heart disease1...445159172117......93
Order 3.—107
Laryngitis1153...1.........1.........20
Bronchitis44352352173052212213
Pleurisy211...1221.........10
Pneumonia27196...475372......81
Asthma............12353......14
Lung disease11...2...522.........13 351
Carried up.371306112861221161381461699641