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 1883.
AGES | Under 1 year | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15to25 | 25to35 | 36 to45 | 45to65 | 55to65 | 65to75 | 75to85 | 85 and upwrd | Totols. | ||
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CLASS 1.—Order 1. | ||||||||||||||
Small-pox | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | ||
Measles | 27 | 80 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 117 | ||
Scarlatina | 2 | 37 | 23 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 66 | ||
Diphtheria | 1 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 43 | ||
Croup | 4 | 26 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 33 | ||
Whooping Cough | 15 | 36 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 56 | ||
Typhus Fever | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
Typhoid Fever | .. | 1 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 38 | ||
Simple Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .... | 3 | ||
Erysipelas & Pyaemia | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 24 | ||
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diarrhœa | 72 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | 98 | ||
Choleraic Diarrhoea | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | ||
Remittent Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Rheumatism | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 21 | 531 | |
131 | 233 | 61 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 531 | |||
Order 2. | ||||||||||||||
Syphilis | 13 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | ||
Order 3 | ||||||||||||||
Privation and Cold | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Want of Breast Milk | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Purpura and Scurvy | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Alcohol | Del. Tremens | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
Intemperance | ||||||||||||||
Order 4 | ||||||||||||||
Thrush | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 31 | |
20 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 31 | |||
CLASS 2.—Order 1. | ||||||||||||||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | ||
Dropsy | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 9 | ||
Cancer | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 21 | 45 | 43 | 32 | 0 | .. | 153 | ||
Mortification &Abscess | 3 | 4 | 1 | •• | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | .. | 27 | 194 | |
4 | 5 | 2 | .. | 4 | 26 | 48 | 48 | 40 | 17 | .. | 194 | |||
Order 2. | ||||||||||||||
Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Tabes Mesenterica | 40 | 28 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 77 | ||
Phthisis | 5 | 6 | 22 | 67 | 99 | 108 | 78 | 20 | 11 | .. | 1 | 417 | ||
Water on the Brain | 34 | 31 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 71 | 565 | |
79 | 65 | 37 | 67 | 99 | 108 | 78 | 20 | 11 | .. | 1 | 665 | |||
CLASS 3.—Order 1. | ||||||||||||||
Inflammation of Brain | 26 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 133 | ||
Apoplexy | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 43 | 13 | 1 | 115 | ||
Paralysis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 18 | 11 | .. | 66 | ||
Insanity | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | |||
Epilepsy | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 9 | ||
Convulsions | 89 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 112 | ||
Disease of Brain | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | l | 2 | .. | .. | 6 | ||
,, Spinal Cord | 2 | •• | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | l | 5 | •• | 13 | 464 | ||
Totals | 117 | 69 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 35 | 61 | 87 | 33 | 3 | 464 |