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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1884
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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TABLE IV.
The Deaths Registered at different Ages from all causes during the year 1883, the deaths of Non - Residents in the Fever and Smai,l-Pox Hospitals
being excluded; inhabitants in hospitals outside the District being included.
| AGE AT DEATH. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 75 | 85 and upwards. | Totals. | ||
| 1 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 75 | 85 | ||||
| 1884 | Totals | 880 | 630 | 233 | 217 | 254 | 251 | 283 | 329 | 303 | 248 | 72 | 3700 |
| Per cents | 23.8 | 17.0 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 100 | |
| Per cents. | |||||||||||||
| 1885 | 23.0 | 16.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 100 | |
| 1882 | 21.2 | 19.5 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 6.7 | 2.1 | 100 | |
| 1881 | 23.0 | 19.7 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 10.3 | 6.6 | 1.3 | 100 | |
| 1880 | 27.7 | 17.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 1.9 | 100 | |
| 1879 | 23.4 | 16.1 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 10.8 | 6.8 | 1.8 | 100 | |
| 1878 | 25.3 | 16.2 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 1.9 | 100 | |
| 1877 | 24.4 | 14.8 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 7 .9 | 7.1 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 2.1 | 100 | |
| 1876 | 27.4 | 14.1 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 2.1 | 100 | |
| Per cents. of death, | 24.4 | 16.7 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 9.7 | 7.1 | 1.9 | 100 | |
| Do. 1866-75 | 24.3 | 15.7 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 2.2 | 100 | |
| Do. 1856-65 | 21.0 | 16.4 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 8.9 | 10.9 | 8.0 | 2.2 | 100 | |
The number of deaths under 1 year and between 1 and 5
year?, as compared with total deaths at all ages, and especially
of infants under 1 year of age to total births, is considered to
afford a good indication as to the salubrity or non-salubrity of a
locality. This however, must be accepted with considerable
reservation, as the proportion of deaths amongst young children
depends to a very great extent on the social status of the
parents. Amongst the upper and upper middle classes, the
mortality of children is little more than one-third of that