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 1881.
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. | Totals | |
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CLASS 1.—Order I. | |||||||||||||
Small Pox | 25 | 30 | 43 | 52 | 41 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .. | 225 | |
Measles | 29 | 107 | 12 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 149 | |
Scarlatina | 6 | 69 | 41 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 118 | |
Diphtheria | 4 | 31 | 21 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6l | |
Croup | 3 | 20 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 28 | |
Whooping Cough | 23 | 42 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 70 | |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Typhoid Fever | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 60 | |
Simple Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Erysipelas | 8 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 21 | |
Pyæmia | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Dysentery | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Diarrhœa | 102 | 20 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | 133 | |
Choleraic Diarrhœa | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 12 | |
Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 23 | |
908 | |||||||||||||
209 | 329 | 144 | 86 | 95 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 18 | 4 | .. | 908 | ||
Order 2. | |||||||||||||
Svphillis | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | |
Order 3. | |||||||||||||
Privation and Cold | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Want of Breast Milk | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Alcohol | Del. Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Intemperance | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Order 4. | |||||||||||||
Thrush | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Worms | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
20 | |||||||||||||
14 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | ||
CLASS 2.—Order I. | |||||||||||||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Dropsy | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 3 | .. | 12 | |
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 32 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 98 | |
Moirtification&Abscess | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 8 | .. | 24 | |
134 | |||||||||||||
4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 36 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 134 | ||
Order 2. | |||||||||||||
Scrofula | 4 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | |
Tabes Mesenterica | 35 | 34 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 73 | |
Phthisis | 2 | 14 | 7 | 49 | 97 | 69 | 45 | 19 | 5 | 1 | .. | 308 | |
Water on the Brain | 15 | 32 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 54 | |
444 | |||||||||||||
56 | 83 | 16 | 52 | 97 | 69 | 45 | 20 | 5 | 1 | .. | 444 | ||
CLASS3.—Order i. | |||||||||||||
Inflammn. of Brain | 18 | 31 | 16 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 86 | |
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 38 | 19 | 2 | 99 | |
Paralysis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 38 | |
Insanity | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Epilepsy | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 22 | |
Convulsions | 75 | 27 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 102 | |
Disease of Brain | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | .. | 28 | |
„ Spinal Cord | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
383 | |||||||||||||
Totals | 94 | 63 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 34 | 67 | 38 | 4 | 383 |