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 1882
AGES | Under 1 Year | 1 to5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | and upwards | Total. |
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CLASS 1.—Order 1. | ||||||||||||
Small Pox | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 13 |
Measles | 8 | 30 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 43 |
Scarlatina | 4 | 91 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 144 |
Diphtheria | .. | 26 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 51 |
Croup | .. | 22 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 28 |
Whooping Cough | 60 | 115 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 182 |
Typhoid Fever | .. | 1 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 57 |
Simple Fever | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 15 |
Pyaemia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Diarrhoea | 63 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 89 |
Choleraic Diarrhoea | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 |
Remittent Fever____ | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 18 |
148 | 310 | 108 | 27 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 661 | |
Order 2. | ||||||||||||
Syphilis | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Order 3. | ||||||||||||
Privation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Want of breast milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Purpura and Scurvy | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Alcohol D.Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Alcohol Intmprnce. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
5 | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 21 | |
CLASS 2 —Order 1 | ||||||||||||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 6 |
Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Cancer | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 14 | 31 | 35 | 25 | 11 | .. | 121 |
Mortification | 4 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 20 |
4 | 7 | .. | 1 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 38 | 33 | 15 | 1 | 154 | |
Order 2. | ||||||||||||
Scrofula | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Tabes Mesenterica. | 35 | 34 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 93 |
Phthisis | 5 | 15 | 13 | 59 | 98 | 88 | .. | 25 | 11 | .. | .. | 357 |
Water on the brain.. | 28 | 28 | 46 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 81 |
86 | 90 | 26 | 61 | 98 | 88 | 43 | 25 | 11 | .. | .. | 534 | |
CLASS 3.—Order 1. | ||||||||||||
Inflammn. of Brain | 28 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 94 |
Apoplexy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 9 | .. | 23 | 27 | 16 | 3 | 96 |
Paralysis | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 54 | |
Insanity | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Epilepsy | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 13 |
Convulsions | 67 | 1 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 83 |
Disease of Brain | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 34 |
Spinal Cord | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | •• | •• | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
96 | 50 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 25 | 46 | 64 | 33 | 7 | 382 |