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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REGISTERED IN THE HACKNEY DISTRICT DURING THE YEAR 1874.
AGES | Under 1 year | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 to 95 | 95 and upwrd | Total. | ||
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CLASS 1.—Order 1. | ||||||||||||||||
Small Fox | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
Measles | 13 | 25 | 25 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 68 | ||
Scarlatina | 5 | 13 | 46 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 97 | |||
Diphtheria | 3 | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | ||
Croup | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 30 | ||
Whooping Cough | 23 | 13 | 14 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 52 | ||
Typhoid Fever | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 36 | ||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||
Simple Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Erysipelas | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 18 | ||
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Dysentery | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | ||
Diarrhœa | 82 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 3 | 102 | ||
Choleraic Diarrhœa | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |||
Remittant Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Rheumatism | •• | • • | •• | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 17 | ||
459 | ||||||||||||||||
Order 2. | ||||||||||||||||
Syphilis | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
5 | ||||||||||||||||
Order 3. | ||||||||||||||||
Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Want of breast milk | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
Purpura and Scurvy | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Alcohol | Del. Tremen | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Intempernce | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
12 | ||||||||||||||||
Order 4. | ||||||||||||||||
Thrush | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
CLASS 2.—Order 1. | ||||||||||||||||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | ||
Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 20 | ||
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 4 | .. | .. | 58 | ||
Mortification & Abcess | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | .. | .. | 29 | ||
115 | ||||||||||||||||
Order 2. | ||||||||||||||||
Scrofula | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Tabes Mesenterica | 38 | 19 | 15 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 75 | ||
Phthisis | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 62 | 72 | 71 | 39 | 21 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 301 | ||
Water on the Brain | 22 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 52 | ||
429 | ||||||||||||||||
Carried forward | 222 | 97 | 145 | 87 | 84 | 94 | 106 | 75 | 58 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1021 |