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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REGISTERED IN THE HACKNEY DISTRICT DURING THE YEAR 1879.
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 upwards. | Total. | |
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CLASS I.—ORDER 1. | |||||||||||||
Small-pox | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | |
Measles | 15 | 58 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 81 | |
Scarlatina | 1 | 51 | 16 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 70 | |
Diphtheria | 1 | 10 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 19 | |
Croup | 1 | 8 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | |
Whooping Cough | 37 | 63 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 110 | |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Typhoid Fever | .. | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | 44 | |
Simple Fever | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Erysipelas | 9 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 16 | |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 5 | |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | 53 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 67 | |
Choleraic Diarrhœa | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Remittent Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Rheumatism | .. | 1 | .. | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 18-459 | |
Totals | 121 | 205 | 53 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 459 | |
Order 2. | |||||||||||||
Syphilis | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7—7 | |
Order 3. | |||||||||||||
Privation and Cold | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Alcohol | Del. Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Intemperance | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3-11 | |
Order 4. | |||||||||||||
Thrush | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1—1 | |
Totals | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 19 | |
CLASS II.—Order 1. | |||||||||||||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Dropsy | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 | |
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 16 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 7 | .. | 101 | |
Mortification and Abscess | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | .. | 26—140 | |
Totals | 4 | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 32 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 1 | 140 |