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
AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 and upwrd. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | 12 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 11 | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 86 | ||
Measles | 8 | 21 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 31 | ||
Scarlatina | 8 | 73 | 36 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 123 | ||
Diphtheria | .. | 12 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | ||
Croup | 1 | 11 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | ||
Whooping Cough | 57 | 75 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 135 | ||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Typhoid Fever | .. | 4 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 62 | ||
Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 | ||
Erysipelas | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 24 | ||
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Diarrhœa | 122 | 18 | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 154 | ||
Choleraic Diarrhœa | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
Remittant Fever | 1 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | ||
Rheumatism | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 24 | ||
702 | ||||||||||||||
229 | 245 | 78 | 49 | 37 | 25 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 702 | |||
Order 2. | - | |||||||||||||
Syphilis | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | ||
Order 3. | 9 | |||||||||||||
Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Want of Breast Milk | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||
Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Alcohol | Del. Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Intemperance | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
13 | ||||||||||||||
3 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 13 | |||
Order 4. | ||||||||||||||
Thrush | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | ||
CLASS 2.—Order 1. | 9 | |||||||||||||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | ||
Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | ||
Cancer | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 31 | 5 | .. | 99 | ||
Mortification & Abscess | 6 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .. | 24 | ||
134 | ||||||||||||||
6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 32 | 34 | 14 | 1 | 134 | |||
Order 2. | ||||||||||||||
Scrofula | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
Tabes Mesenterica | 35 | 24 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 63 | ||
Phthisis | 10 | 7 | 15 | 65 | 83 | 105 | 47 | 26 | 10 | .. | .. | 368 | ||
Water on the Brain | 12 | 30 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 49 | ||
485 | ||||||||||||||
60 | 63 | 24 | 66 | 84 | 105 | 47 | 26 | 10 | .. | .. | 485 | |||
CLASS 3.—Order 1. | ||||||||||||||
Inflammn. of Brain | 25 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 2 | 122 | ||
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 104 | ||
Paralysis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 60 | ||
Insanity | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | ||
Epilepsy | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | ||
Convulsions | 72 | 38 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 110 | ||
Disease of Brain | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | .. | 29 | ||
Spinal Cord | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 8 | ||
448 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 98 | 81 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 37 | 52 | 63 | 54 | 5 | 448 |