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 VII.
1866-1876.—Deaths from the principal Infect iocs Diseases and Diarrhœa—52 weeks in each Year
1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | |||
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Mean Temperature for each Year | 49°8 | 48°6 | 51°6 | 49°5 | 48°7 | 48°7 | 50°7 | 49°1 | 49°4 | 49°4 | ||
Small Pox | 31 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 400 | 111 | 9 | 5 | 2 | ||
Measles | 26 | 15 | 35 | 64 | 40 | 25 | 59 | 28 | 68 | 6l | ||
Scarlet Fever | 68 | 49 | 49 | 247 | 181 | 85 | 51 | 27 | 97 | 78 | ||
Diptheria | 12 | 16 | 14 | l6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 21 | ||
Whooping Cough | 89 | 72 | 44 | 102 | 39 | 76 | 97 | 81 | 52 | 113 | ||
Fever | 76 | 63 | 54 | 60 | 51 | 34 | 50 | 53 | 45 | 58 | ||
Diarrhoea | 162 | 75 | 120 | 97 | 115 | 123 | 115 | 161 | 102 | 116 | ||
Totals—Hackney | 464 | 317 | 320 | 592 | 451 | 751 | 490 | 380 | 379 | 449 | ||
Totals for London | 14,761 | 11,660 | 14,638 | 17,413 | 16,476 | 19,455 | 12,729 | 11,170 | 11,230 | 13,411 | ||
Hackney Annual Average No. of Deaths 1866-1875. | Hackney Percentage of Deaths to Total Deaths. 1866-1875. | Hackney Mean Annual No. of Deaths per 10,000 population 1866-1875. | Deaths in 1876. | |||||||||
Totals. | 10,000 Population | |||||||||||
Small Pox | 61.3 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 92 | 6.0 | |||||||
Measles | 42.1 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 15 | 1.0 | |||||||
Scarlet Fever | 93.2 | 3.6 | 7.4 | 57 | 3.9 | |||||||
Diptheria | 13.4 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 23 | 1.2 | |||||||
Whooping Cough | 76.5 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 126 | 8.2 | |||||||
Fever | 54.4 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 44 | 2.9 | |||||||
Diarrhoea | 118.6 | 4.6 | 9.4 | 136 | 9.0 | |||||||
Hackney | 46.95 | 17.6 | 37.0 | 493 | 32.5 | |||||||
London | 14,386 | l8.9 | 45.9 | 12,565 | 36.0 |