Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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TABLE OF DEATHS,
REGISTERED IN THE HACKNEY DISTRICT DURING THE YEAR 1872.
AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 5 to 25 | 25to35 | 35to45 | 45to55 | 55to65 | 65to75 | 75to85 | 85to95 | 95 and upwrd. | Total. | |
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CLASS 1.—Order I. | ||||||||||||||
Small Pox | 30 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 111 | ||
Measles | 15 | 40 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 59 | |
Scarlatina | 29 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 51 | ||||
Diphtheria | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
Croup | 3 | 10 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | |
Whooping Cough | 48 | 47 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 97 | ||
Simple Fever | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ??? | |
Typhoid Fever | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | |
Typhus Fever | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | |
Erysipelas | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 10 | |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Dysentery | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Diarrhœa | 89 | 15 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | 115 | |
Choleraic Diarrhœa | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Remittent Fever | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | ||
Order 2. | ||||||||||||||
Syphilis | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
Order 3. | ||||||||||||||
Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Want of Breast Milk | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||||||||
Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Al- Del. Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | ||
cohol Intemperance | ||||||||||||||
Order 4. | ||||||||||||||
Thrush | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
CLASS 2.—Order I. | ||||||||||||||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Dropsy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 15 | |
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .. | 61 | |
Mortification | 2 | i | I | i | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 21 | |||||
Order 2. | 9 | |||||||||||||
Scrofula | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Tabes Mesenterica | 43 | 19 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 69 | |
Phthisis | 10 | 6 | 9 | 61 | 91 | 35 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 295 | ||
Water on the Brain | 10 | 15 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 33 | |
CLASS 3.—Order I. | ??? | |||||||||||||
Inflammation | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | 75 | ||
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 2 | .. | 72 | |
Paralysis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 60 | |
Insanity | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Epilepsy | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | • • | • • | 14 | |
Convulsions | 58 | 25 | I | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 84 | |
Disease of Brain | .. | .. | .. | . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | ||||
Spinal Cord | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
Carried forward+ | 363 | 273 | 83 | 90 | 134 | 122 | 95 | 71 | 92 | 50 | 6 | I | 13 |