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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1875
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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a greater rate than the Life Table standard, the large number of
persons living between 5 and 65 would reduce the rate to 22.75
per 1000 persons living. The actual death-rate in 1871 was
22.60, so that it varied from the calculated death-rate by only 0.10
per 1000 population. As regards Hackney the normal death-rate
is 22.04 per 1000 population; of London 21.79, and of England
22.75; so that the mortality of Hackney ought to be higher than
that for all London—other conditions besides age and sex being
equal—and somewhat lower than that for all England.
TABLE X.
Hackney.— Per-centages of Deaths at different Ages to Total Deaths, 1851-75.
| Years. | 0 1 | 1 5 | 5 15 | 15 25 | 25 35 | 35 45 | 45 55 | 55 65 | 65 75 | 75 85 | 85 | All Ages. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1851-61 | 202 | 157 | 63 | 48 | 65 | 72 | 73 | 84 | 105 | 87 | 44 | 100 |
| 1861-71 | 227 | 167 | 56 | 51 | 69 | 71 | 74 | 83 | 103 | 78 | 21 | 100 |
| 1871-75 | 245 | 155 | 48 | 54 | 70 | 73 | 75 | 81 | 98 | 79 | 22 | 100 |
This Table shows that the death-rate under one year has
has steadily increased since 1851 in greater proportion than the
deaths at other ages, whilst the proportion of deaths above 65
have decidedly decreased in proportion to those amongst middleaged
persons. This is by no means satisfactory, as it shows a
considerable change in the status of the inhabitants, as the
mortality amongst the labouring classes is greater at the middle
period of life than it is amongst well-to-do persons. For
instance, the mortality per 1000 at 45-55 years of age amongst
ministers of religion and persons living on their means is about
10 annually; whilst amongst surgeons it is 20, clerks 25,
cabmen, &c. 29, labourers 25, printers 24, carvers and gilders 26,
plumbers and glaziers 28, poulterers 30, and potters 34, whilst
amongst domestic servants it is only 18. It is therefore evident