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 OF DEATHS
REGISTERED IN THE HACKNEY DISTRICT DURING THE YEAR 1877.
AGES | Under 1 year | I to 2 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25to35 | 35t045 | 45to55 | 55 to 60 | 65 to 65 | 75 to 85 | 85 to 100 | Totals | |
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CLASS 1.— Order I. | |||||||||||||
Small Pox | 26 | 26 | 35 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 179 | |
Measles | 17 | 68 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 91 | |
Scarlatina | 2 | 31 | 23 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 58 | |
Diptheria | .. | 12 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | |
Croup | 1 | 13 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | |
Whooping Cough | 14 | 28 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 43 | |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | |
Typhoid Fever | .. | 3 | 6 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 50 | |
Simple Fever | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | |
Erysipelas | 19 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 31 | |
Pyaemia | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Dysentery | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | |
Diarrhœa | 62 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 86 | |
Choleraic Diarrhœa | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Remittent Fever | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 10 | |
142 | 205 | 82 | 70 | 42 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 8 | I | 607—607 | |||
Order 2. | |||||||||||||
Syphilis | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9-9 | |
Order 3. | |||||||||||||
Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Want of breast milk | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Alcohol | Del. Tremen. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Intmprnce. | |||||||||||||
1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7—7 | ||
Order 4. | |||||||||||||
Thrush | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .... | 5-5 | |
CLASS 2.—Order I. | |||||||||||||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | |
Dropsy | .. | .. | . . | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | 11 | |
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 70 | |
Mortification & Abcess | 18 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 31 | |
18 | 1 | .. | 2 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 115-115 | ||
Order 2. | |||||||||||||
Scrofula | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8-8 | |
Tabes Mesenterica | 42 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 82— 82 | |
Phthisis | 8 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 91 | 76 | 46 | 20 | 7 | .. | .. | 337—337 | |
Water on the brain | 17 | 20 | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 55- 55 | |
69 | 69 | 23 | 66 | 93 | 78 | 47 | 30 | 7 | .. | .. | 482—482 |