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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127 in Stamford Hill, 587 in West Hackney, 1436 in Hackney,
and 647 in South Hackney; against 165 in Stoke Newington, 100
in Stamford Hill, 613 in West Hackney, 1313 in Hackney, and
605 in South Hackney, in 1871. It is somewhat singular that
although the births in West Hackney have considerably
increased since 1871, yet the deaths have actually diminished
from 631 to 587. It is true that the deaths in West Hackney
were enormously high in 1871, as only 500 were registered in
1870, and 56S in 1872 against the 631 in 1871.
Table V.
Deaths registered from all causes during the Year, 1877 the Deaths of Non-residents in the Fever and Small Pox Hospitals being included.
Cause of Death. | age at death. | Percentages, | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Classes. | 0 1 | 1 5 | 5 15 | 15 25 | 25 35 | 35 45 | 45 55 | 55 65 | 65 75 | 75 85 | 85 and upwds. | Totals | |
Zymotic | 156 | 206 | 82 | 71 | 43 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 628 | 20.3 |
Constitutional | 87 | 70 | 23 | 68 | 100 | 88 | 60 | 55 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 597 | 19.3 1 |
Local | 285 | 159 | 42 | 45 | 65 | 92 | 123 | 209 | 204 | 152 | 23 | 1399 | 45.3 |
Developmental | 204 | 12 | –- | 1 | 4 | 5 | –- | –- | 38 | 66 | 38 | 368 | 11.9 |
Violent Deaths | 24 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 1 | — | 100 | 3.2 |
Not Specified | –- | –- | –- | –- | –- | –- | –- | –- | –- | –- | –- | –- | 0.0 |
Totals | 756 | 456 | 156 | 192 | 224 | 216 | 221 | 280 | 295 | 234 | 64 | 3092 | 100 |
Per cents, of death, 1877 | 24.4 | 14.8 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 2.1 | 100 | |
1856-65 | 21.0 | 16.4 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 8.9 | 10.9 | 8.0 | 2.2 | 100 | |
1866-75 | 24.3 | 15.7 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 2.2 | 100 |
Table 5 is one of unusual interest this year, as it enables us
to contrast the deaths from zymotic diseases, which include
Small-Pox, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Fever, and other
infectious diseases with those in 1871, when the Small-Pox was