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deaths from each of these causes per 10,000 population was,
56 Small Pox, 35 Measles, 80 Scarlet Fever, 12 Diphtheria,
62 Whooping Cough, 55 Fever, and 102 Diarrhoea, making a
total of 402 for Hackney and 462 for all London, so that in
proportion to population there was a much smaller number of
deaths from these seven epidemic diseases than for all London.
The mean proportion of deaths from epidemics in Hackney was
190 per 1000 deaths, and in London 198 per 1000 deaths, so that
both absolutely and relatively the death-rate was less in Hackney.
I now purpose discussing the effects of the seven weeks of
cold weather ending January 2nd, 1875, on the public health
of Hackney. During the seven weeks of moderate temperature
ending November 14th, there were 317 deaths recorded, and in
the seven cold weeks there were no less than 478 deaths registered,
or 151 deaths in the cold period to each 100 in the warm. An
excess of deaths occurred at all ages, but pro rata to population
to a greater extent in persons over 65 years of age than at
other periods of life.