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Hackney 1883

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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531 against 661 in 1882, or 2.63 per 1,000 population against
3 39 in 1882, which is decidedly satisfactory, as the number
was much smaller in the latter year than in 1881. The deaths
from tubercular affections include phthisis, scrofula, rickets,
tabes mesenterica (sometimes called consumption of the bowels)
and deaths caused by hydrocephalus or water on the brain in
children more than 1 year old. The proportion of deaths to
1,000 population was 3 31 from inflammatory diseases of the
lungs; from convulsive diseases of infants under 1 year, 0.78
per 1,000 population; and from wasting diseases of infants,
1.19 per 1,000 population. The percentages of deaths, from
zymotic diseases to deaths from all oauses, was 15.0; from
tubercular diseases also, 15.0 ; from inflammatory diseases of
the lungs, 18.8 per cent.; from convulsive and wasting diseases
of infants, 11 .17 per cent., which was above the average.

Table: TABLE VI.D eaths from the seven chief Z ymotic D iseases during the T en T ears, 1873-82, in H ackney, and in 1883.

TABLE VI.

D eaths from the seven chief Z ymotic D iseases during the T en T ears, 1873-82, in H ackney, and in 1883.

Year1873187418751876187718781879188018811882
Mean Temperature for49°149°449°450°149°749°645° 449° 148°749°7
Small pox9529217986106922513
Measles286861159131812114943
Scarlet Fever27977857581237081118144
Diphtheria2110212318231914151
Whooping Cough81521181264313511014170182
Fever58455844627047276463
Diarrhœa161102116136861596717013599
Totals—Hackney380879449493537627404523822595
Totals for London11,17011,23013,41112,56512,29214,73412,25613,68113,81113,55/