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Hackney 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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the deaths from all causes, which is decidedly satisfactory, as the
mean of the last six years and of 1876 is below the average of
both the deciminal periods, although the severe epidemic of
small pox in 1871-2 is included in these years. The number of
deaths from zymotic diseases, as compared with the deaths from
all causes, varies however but very little in all England, or in
large districts, if extended over a sufficient number of years.
Thus in the Supplement to the i53th Annual Report of the
Registrar General, the number of deaths are given for the ten
years, 1861-70, in every registration district in England, so that
it is easy to calculate out the proportion of deaths from certain
diseases to those from all causes.
Table IX.
Showing Number of Deaths and Rate of Death under 5 years, out of 100,000 children born alive in the Healthy Districts, all England, and Liverpool..
| Healthy Districts. | England. | Liverpool | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths from all causes | 17,541 | 26,318 | 46,037 |
| Total Zymotic Diseases | 4,976 | 8,710 | 17,101 |
| Rate of death, all causes | 100 | 138 | 229 |
| „ „ Zymotic Diseases | 100 | 140 | 228 |
Now taking the number of deaths from all causes, under
5 years of age, in the healthy districts* at 100, I have calculated
the mortality in all England and in Liverpool, and performed
the same operation at the same ages for zymotic diseases, and
have obtained the following results, which, for the sake of clearness,
I have tabulated above, viz., that for each 100 deaths from
*See the Supplement to the 35th Report of the Registrar General, p. xxix, &c.