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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 1868

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: TABLE OF DEATHSREGISTERED IN THE HACKNEY DISTRICT, DURING THE YEAR 1868.

TABLE OF DEATHS

REGISTERED IN THE HACKNEY DISTRICT, DURING THE YEAR 1868.

AGESUnder 1 year1 to 55 to 1515to2525to3535to4545to5555to6565to75|75 to 8585 to 9595 and upwdsTotal.
CLASS 1.—Order 1.
Small Pox...4......1.........1.........6
Measles6263...........................35
Scarlatina529113...1..................49
Diphtheria27311.....................14
Croup2116...........................19
Whooping Cough1725..............................42
Fever...811111164...3.........54
Erysipelas8...............332...1...17
Carbuncle..................11............2
Influenza....................................0
Dysentery...........................1......1
Diarrhœa82141............1...3......101
Choleraic Diarrhœa1131...12.........1......19
Cholera1.........11..................3
Remittent Fever2......1...11...............6
Rheumatism......16...21...1.........11
Order 2.—379
Syphilis1.................................1
Order 3.— 1
Privation..................1...............1
Want of breast milk6.................................6
Purpura and Scurvy....................................0
AlcoholDel.Trems..........1...41...............6
Intemprce............11......1.........3
Order 4.— 16
Thrush2.................................2
CLASS 2.—Order 1.— 2
Gout.....................2l.........3
Dropsy111.........2393......20
Cancer............2101220134......61
Mrtfiction. & Abscess4,1...1...133...3......16
Order 2.—100
Scrofula...2.........1..................3
Tabes Mesenterica57305...........................92
Phthisis3918537749282391......270
Water on the brain15242...........................41
CLASS 3.—Order 1.—406
Inflam. of the Brain1414433659106......74
Apoplexy...1124761213101...57
Paralysis.........22391114224...67
Insanity...............11421......9
Epilepsy113...1...2322......15
Convulsions5827..............................85
Disea. of brain & cord...1............211.........5
Order 2.—312
Inflam. of the heart......2...11..................4
Aneurism....................................0
Heart disease1...671122172727111...130
Order 3.—134
Laryngitis& Stridulus762............11.........17
Bronchitis35375134151340233...179
Pleurisy...123312111......15
Pneumonia32302196431021...100
Asthma............11112.........6
Lung Disease...1......4...312.........11 —328
Carried up37331391961371311241431059411...1678