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 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Zymotic diseases | Diseases of 11ncertain seat | T11berc11lar diseases | Diseases of the nervo11s system | Diseases of the circ11latory organs | Diseases of the respiratory organs | Diseases of the digestive & 11rinary organs | Diseases of the skin and joints | Premat11re birth and atrophy | Childbirth and diseases of women | Old age | V10lence | Temperat11re. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | degrees | |
| 1856 | 20.9 | 4.9 | 17.6 | 10.7 | 4.2 | 17.1 | 6.8 | 0.5 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 7.3 | 4.2 | 0 49.1 |
| 1857 | 19.8 | 5.4 | 18.5 | 10.9 | 3.9 | 16.9 | 6.4 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 7.2 | 4.7 | 51.8 |
| 1858 | 21.9 | 4.7 | 14.7 | 12.4 | 4.5 | 16.2 | 7.2 | 0.4 | 5.7 | 0.7 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 49.2 |
| 1859 | 23.0 | 4.5 | 15.9 | 14.0 | 3.8 | 14.1 | 8.0 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 6.8 | 4.0 | 50.8 |
| 1860 | 16.8 | 4.6 | 16.8 | 13.7 | 6.3 | 18.5 | 5.2 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 7.1 | 5.3 | 47.0 |
| 1861 | 19.9 | 5.1 | 16.5 | 11.8 | 6.5 | 17.4 | 6.9 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 6.9 | 3.3 | 49.4 |
| 1862 | 21.5 | 6.0 | 17.1 | 12.0 | 6.3 | 13.9 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 5.4 | 0.6 | 6.6 | 3.4 | 49.5 |
| 1863 | 23.7 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 13.2 | 4.3 | 14.6 | 7.5 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 50.3 |
| 1864 | 19.8 | 4.4 | 17.1 | 11.2 | 5.7 | 19.1 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 6.8 | 3.6 | 48.5 |
| 1865 | 20.8 | 4.4 | 18.1 | 11.9 | 4.9 | 16.1 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 6.0 | 0.9 | 7.6 | 3.4 | 50.3 |
| 1866,. | 22.2 | 4.7 | 16.7 | 11.9 | 4.8 | 15.1 | 5.6 | 0.5 | 6.6 | 1.2 | 7.4 | 3.3 | 49.8 |
| 1867 | 16.6 | 5.4 | 20.0 | 11.0 | 4.1 | 16.0 | 5.8 | 0.6 | 7.6 | 1.4 | 7.8 | 3.7 | 48.6 |
| 1868 | 16.6 | 5.2 | 17.8 | 13.7 | 5.9 | 14.4 | 6.3 | 0.6 | 6.9 | 1.2 | 7.9 | 3.0 | 51.6 |
| 1869 | 25.4 | 4.7 | 16.2 | 1 1.1 | 5.5 | 15.0 | 5.9 | 0.4 | 5.5 5.5 | 0.8 | 6.6 | 2.9 | 49.5 |
| 1870 | 21.6 | 4.6 | 16.7 | 11.9 | 6.7 | 15.9 | 5.8 | 0.4 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 48.7 |
| 1871 | 28.4 | 4.1 | 15.6 | 10.6 | 5.7 | 15.7 | 5.7 | 0.4 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 48.7 |
| 1872 | 22.2 | 4.8 | 16.2 | 12.5 | 6.0 | 16.2 | 6.3 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 1.5 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 50.7 |
| 21.2 | 4.8 | 16.9 | 12.0 | 5.4 | 16.0 | 6.2 | 0.6 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 6.8 | 3.7 | o 49.5 |
This table shows that the ann11al per.centage of deaths
from epidemic diseases has varied considerably in these years,
having been in 1867 and 1868 as low as 166 in 1000 deaths
from all ca11ses, and in 1871 as high as 214 per 1000, and 254