London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1877
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Table VIII.
Percentages of Deaths to the total Deaths in Hackney from 1856 to 1877, arranged in 12 groups.
| Years. | Zymotic diseases. | Diseases of uncertain seat. | Tubercular diseases. | Diseases of the nervous system. | Diseases of the circulatory organs. | Diseases of the respiratory organs. | Diseases of the digestive and urinary organs. | Diseases of the skin and joints. | Premature birth and atrophy. | Childbirth and diseases of women. | Old age. | Violence. | Mean Temperature for each Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||
| 1856-65 | 20.80 | 4.84 | 16.77 | 12.18 | 5.04 | 16.39 | 6.50 | 0.60 | 4.89 | 0.93 | 6.96 | 4.10 | |
| 1866.75 | 20.42 | 4.69 | 16.52 | 12.09 | 5.88 | 16.64 | 6.15 | 0.52 | 6.45 | 1.16 | 6.34 | 3.19 | |
| 1871 | 28.4 | 4.1 | 15.6 | 10.6 | 5.7 | 15.7 | 5.7 | 0.4 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 59.0 |
| 1872 | 22.2 | 4.8 | 16.2 | 12.5 | 6.0 | 16.2 | 6.8 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 1.5 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 51.0 |
| 1873 | 17.1 | 4.6 | 15.1 | 12.8 | 6.8 | 19.1 | 6.4 | 0.5 | 7.0 | 1.1 | 6.2 | 3.3 | 51.2 |
| 1874 | 16.4 | 4.8 | 15.3 | 13.3 | 6.9 | 17.9 | 7.3 | 0.4 | 6.4 | 1.5 | 6.4 | 3.4 | 48.4 |
| 1875 | 17.7 | 4.0 | 15.6 | 12.1 | 6.5 | 22.1 | 6.5 | 0.9 | 7.2. | 1.2 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 49.7 |
| 1876 | 19.8 | 4.3 | 15.5 | 13.4 | 6.6 | 16.9 | 5.9 | 0.1 | 8.2 | 1.4 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 50.4 |
| 1877 | 20.3 | 3.7 | 15.6 | 12.9 | 6.9 | 17.7 | 6.6 | 0.5 | 7.0 | 10 | 4.6 | 3.2 | |
| Means | 20.27 | 4.33 | 15.56 | 12.51 | 6.48 | 17.94 | 6.38 | 0.47 | 6.77 | 1.19 | 5.10 | 3.01 |
The percentage of deaths from zymotic diseases to deaths from
all causes in 1856-65, was 20.80, and in 1866-75, 20.42 against
20.27 in 1871-77 and 20.3 in 1877; so that although the rate varies
in different years, as shown in each of the years 1871 to 1877, yet
the average remains nearly the same. As regards the next class,
those of uncertain seat, the range in the death-rate is singularly
small, and the same may be said as to the tubercular affections
which, I am glad to say, are gradually declining in the district.
In 1856-65 the mean percentage of deaths from the causes
B 2