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Hackney 1871

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: Table V.Deaths in Hackney, 1871.

Table V.

Deaths in Hackney, 1871.

causes of death.Totals.Per Centages.
Deaths fiom—1871.1871.10 years' average.
Zymotic (Epidemic) diseases80028.420.8
Diathetic, &c., disease1144.14.8
Tubercular diseases43815.616.6
Diseases of the Nervous system29910.613.0
,, „ Organs of Circulation1605.75.2
„ „ Respiratory Organs44115.716.3
„ „ Digestive and Urinarv Organs1615.76.5
,, „ Skin and Joints100.40.6
Premature Birth and Atrophy1615.74.9
Childbirth, &c170.60.9
Old Age1445.17.0
Violence692.43.4
Totals2814100100

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The deaths from the seven diseases which cause the greatest
mortality in the epidemic class are Small Pox, Measles, Scarlet
Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Fever, and Diarrhoea.
The total number was very large, viz. 751, the largest in any
previous year having been 592, which corrected for increase of
population would be 639, so that the excess in 1871 was no less
than 11.2.

Table: Table VI.1800-71—Deaths from Seven Epidemic Diseases. Hackney.

Table VI.

1800-71—Deaths from Seven Epidemic Diseases. Hackney.

186018611862186318641865186618671868186918701871
°°°°°°°°°°°°
47.049.149.550.348.550.349.848.651.649.548.748:7
Small Pox2124112631276616490
Measles433632377922261535644025
Scarlet Fever615883125649868194921718185
Diphtheria1124273415221216141698
Whooping Cough5162562848568972441023976
Fever385589497775766354605134
Diarrhœa19552560711251627512097115123
Totals228291314375366404464317320592151751