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 1875.
AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | 5 to '5 | IS 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 upward | Total |
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CLASS 1.-Order I | ||||||||||||||
Small Pox | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Measles | 17 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 61 |
Scarlatina | 5 | 9 | 40 | 18 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 78 |
Diphtheria | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 |
Croup | 5 | 3 | 15 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25 |
Whooping Cough | 43 | 41 | 25 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 113 |
Typhoid Fever | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 43 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 10 |
Simple Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Erysipelas | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 14 |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Diarrhœa | 78 | 18 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 116 |
Choleraic Diarrhœa | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 |
156 | 97 | 116 | 47 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 12 | .. | .. | 522 | |
Order 2 | ||||||||||||||
Syphilis | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Order 3. | ||||||||||||||
Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Want of breast milk | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Alcohol Del. Trem | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Intmprnce | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
6 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | |
Order 4. | ||||||||||||||
Thrush | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
CLASS 2,.Order I | ||||||||||||||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 |
Dropsy | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 9 |
Cancer | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 17 | 3 | .. | 69 | |
Mortification | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 15 |
4 | .. | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 25 | 6 | .. | .. | 96 | |
Order 2. | ||||||||||||||
Scrofula | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 52 | 11 | 16 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 80 |
Phthisis | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 68 | 80 | 66 | 51 | 33 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 334 |
Water on the brain | 18 | 10 | 7 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 41 |
77 | 27 | 28 | 22 | 69 | 81 | 66 | 51 | 33 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 460 |