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 1873.
| AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5 | 5 to15 | 15to25 | 25to35 | 35to45 | 45to55 | 50to65 | 65to75 | 75to85 | 85to95 | 95 and upwrd. | Tota. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLASS 1.—Order I. | ||||||||||||||
| Small Pox | .. | I | I | 2 | 3 | I | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | |
| Measles | 3 | 21 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 28 | |
| Scarlatina | 3 | II | 11 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 | |
| Diphtheria | 1 | II | 5 | .. | ..1.. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | |
| Croup | .. | 17 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | |
| Whooping Cough | 29 | 48 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 81 | |
| Simple Fever | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | ||
| Typhoid Fever | .. | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 1 | .. | 5 | I | .. | .. | .. | 37 | |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | ||
| Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Dysentery | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | I | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | |
| Diarrhœa | 124 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .. | I | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 161 | |
| Choleraic Diarrhœa | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | |
| Remittent Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 13 | |
| 443 | ||||||||||||||
| Order 2. | ||||||||||||||
| Syphilis | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | |
| 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Order 3. | ||||||||||||||
| Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Want of Breast Milk | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
| Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Alcohol | Del. Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | I | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Intemperance | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Order 4. | ||||||||||||||
| Thrush | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| CLASS 2.—Order 1. | ||||||||||||||
| Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Dropsy | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 13 | |
| Cancer | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 15 | .. | .. | 7 | 5 | .. | .. | 74 | |
| Mortification | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 17 | |
| 106 | ||||||||||||||
| Order 2. | ||||||||||||||
| Scrofula | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 30 | 17 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 55 | |
| Phthisis | 12 | l6 | 13 | 44 | 82 | .. | 35 | 15 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 289 | |
| Water on the Brain | 19 | 20 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 40 | |
| 392 | ||||||||||||||
| CLASS 3.—Order1. | ||||||||||||||
| Inflammation of Brain | 17 | 28 | 9 | 3 | .. | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | .. | .. | 81 | |
| Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | 7 | 17 | 16 | 17 | .. | .. | 66 | |
| Paralysis | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 11 | .. | .. | 57 | |
| Insanity | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
| Epilepsy | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 14 | |
| Convulsions | 77 | 26 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 104 | |
| Disease of Brain | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Spinal Cord | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
| - | 330 | |||||||||||||
| Carried forward | 350 | 252 | 76 | 72 | 117 | 113 | 96 | 95 | 71 | 50 | 2 | .. | 1294 | |