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Hackney 1878

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table VIII.

1868-1878.—Deaths from the principal Infectious Diseases and dlarrhœa—52 weeks in each YEAR, Ha CKNEY .

Years1868186918701871187218731874187518761877
Mean Temperature for for each year.51°649*518°748°750°7490149°449°450° 149°7
Small Pox661640011195292179
Measles35644025592868611591
Scarlet Fever4924718185512797785758
Diphtheria14169872110212318
Whooping Cough44102397697815211312643
Fever54605134505345584462
Diarrhœa1209711512311516110211613686
Totals—Hackney320592451751490380379449493537
Totals for London14,63817.4I316,47619.45512,72911,17011,23013.41112,56512,292
Annual Average No. of Deaths. 1868-1877.Mean Annual No. of Deaths per 10,000 population 1868-1877.Deaths in 1878.Percentage of Deaths to Total Deaths. 1868-1877.
Per 10,000 populationTotals.
Small Pox836.05.2862.5
Measles493.61.9310.9
Scarlet Fever936.87.21233.6
Diphtheria151.11.4230.7
Whooping Cough775.68.11354.0
Fever513.84.2702.1
Diarrhœa1178.69.415947
Hackney48535.537.462718.5
London13.89742.614.73417.6