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. | |
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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 |