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Hackney 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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TABLE OF DEATHS

REGISTERED IN THE HACKNEY DISTRICT DURING THE YEAR 1879.

AGESUnder 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 upwards.Total.
CLASS I.—ORDER 1.
Small-pox22211..2........10
Measles15588................81
Scarlatina151162..............70
Diphtheria1106....1....1....19
Croup183................12
Whooping Cough376391..............110
Typhus Fever........1............1
Typhoid Fever..281058353....44
Simple Fever..11................2
Erysipelas91..1....122....16
Pyæmia......11......12..5
Carbuncle........................
Influenza........................
Dysentery........................
Diarrhœa536........1..33167
Choleraic Diarrhœa21..................3
Remittent Fever..1..................1
Rheumatism..1..93113......18-459
Totals121205532511108101051459
Order 2.
Syphilis7....................7—7
Order 3.
Privation and Cold..........1..........1
Want of Breast Milk........................
Purpura and Scurvy........1............1
AlcoholDel. Tremens..........132......6
Intemperance............3........3-11
Order 4.
Thrush1....................1—1
Totals8......1262......19
CLASS II.—Order 1.
Gout..........1122....1
Dropsy2........12..1..17
Cancer......12162626237..101
Mortification and Abscess2..21123546..26—140
Totals4..22320323330131140