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Hackney 1882

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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occurring in infants, convulsions and teething, as well as
wasting diseases of children under 1 year, were much below
the average.

TABLE VI.

Deaths from the seven chief Zymotic Diseases during the Ten Years, 1872-81, in Hackney, and in 1882.

Years1872187318741875187618771878187918801881
Mean Temperature for each year50°749°149°449°450°149°749°645°449°148°7
Small Pox11195292179861069225
Measles692868611591318121149
Scarlet Fever5127977857581237081118
Diphtheria7211021231823191461
Whooping Cough9781521131264313511014170
Fever50534558446270472764
Diarrhœa1151611021161368615967170135
Totals—Hackney490880379449493537627401523822
Totals for London12,72911,17011,23013,41112,56512,29214,73412,25613,68113,811

TABLE VI— Continued.

DISEASES.Annual Average No. of Deaths 1872-81,Mean Annual No. of Deaths par 10,000 population, 1872-81.Percentage of Deaths to Total Deaths 1882.Deaths in 1882.
Per 10,000 population.Totals.
Small Pox795.10.40.6613
Measles603.81.22.2043
Scarlet Fever764.94.17.88144
Diphtheria221.41.52.6151
Whooping Cough.976.25.29.32182
Fever523.31.83.2363
Diarrhœa1258.02.55.1299
Hackney51132.716.731.02595
London12,78836.1916.334.2913,553