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 1876.
AGES | Under 1 year | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | 5 to 5 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 and upwards | Total. | |
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CLASS 1—Order I. | ||||||||||||||
Small Pox | 11 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 92 | |
Measles | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | |
Scarlatina | 1 | 13 | 23 | 15 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 57 | |
Diphtheria | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | |
Croup | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | |
Whooping Cough | 59 | 38 | 25 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 126 | |
Tvphus Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
Typhoid Fever | .. | .. | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | I | .. | .. | 34 | |
Simple Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Erysielas | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26 | |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Diarrhœa | 111 | 13 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 136 | |
Choleraic Diarrhœa | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | I | 9 | |
Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 13 | |
203 | 86 | 88 | 66 | 20 | 28 | 15 | '9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 558-558 | ||
Order 2: | ||||||||||||||
Syphilis | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8— 8 | |
Order 3. | ||||||||||||||
Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Del.Tremen. Intmprnce | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 13— 13 | ||
Order 4. | ||||||||||||||
Thrush | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2— 2 | |
CLASS 2—Order 1. | ||||||||||||||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 5 | |
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 2 | .. | 76 | |
Mortification & Abscess | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 22 | |
3 | 1. | 2 | .. | .. | 9 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 104—104 | ||
Order 2. | ||||||||||||||
Scrofula | .. | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | |
Tabes Mesenterica | 2.5 | 23 | 11 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 63 | |
Phthisis | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 07 | 97 | 77 | 36 | 20 | 10 | .. | .. | 335 | |
Water on the Brain | 8 | 5 | 9 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 | |
42 | 40 | 26 | 19- | 70 | 97 | 78 | 36 | 20 | 10 | .. | .. | 438-438 |