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 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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between 86 and 87; 12 between 87 and 88; 6 between 88 and
89; and 4 between 89 and 90. There were 16 who were more
than 90 years of age, viz., 3 of 90.91; 4 of 91.92; 2 of 92.93;
3 of 93.94; 4 of 94.95; and 1 between 95 and 96 years of age.
As there were 153 deaths above 80 years of age out 3,285, the
percentage of deaths at those ages (80.95) was 4.6 per cent, of
the deaths at all ages.
Table VI.
Showing the Mortality from certain Classes of Diseases; the percentages to Population and to Total Deaths— 1879.
| Total Deaths. 1879. | Percentages of Deaths to Total Deaths. 1879. | Deaths per 1000 population. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | |||
| I. Zymotic Diseases (Class I, Order I) | 459 | 143 | 3.79 | 4.31 | 2.61 |
| 2. Tubercular | 471 | 14.4 | 2.90 | 2.90 | 2.68 |
| 3. Pulmonary, other than Phthisis | 796 | 24.2 | 3.42 | 3.68 | 4.53 |
| 4. Convulsive Diseases of Infants | 142 | 4.3 | o.86 | 0.76 | 0.81 |
| 5. Wasting Diseases of Infants | 218 | 6.6 | 1.14 | 1.47 | 1.24 |
2. Includes Phthisis, Scrofula, Rickets, Tabes Mesenterica, and deaths registered as being
caused by Hydrocephalus in children of more than one year.
4. Includes Infantile Hydrocephalus, Meningitis, Convulsions, and Teething.
5. Includes Marasmus, Atrophy and Debility, want of Breast Milk, and Premature Birth.
This table shows the alteration in the death rates during three
years from certain groups of diseases which are generally considered
to indicate the sanitary condition of a population, and
has been inserted for comparison with other districts. The percentage
of deaths to total deaths from zymoties was smaller than
in any previous year, but that from tubercular diseases, as might
have been expected (because they vary less than almost any other),
was proportionately larger, whilst, from pulmonary diseases the