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, 1884.
| AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 26 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upward. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | Vaccinated . | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 51 | |
| Unvaccinat'd | 17 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 68 | ||
| Vacc.doubtfl. | 3 | 7 | 31 | 18 | 13 | 12 | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 91 | ||
| - | 210 | |||||||||||||
| 210 | ||||||||||||||
| Measles | 6 | 40 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 55 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 43 | 19 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 72 | ||
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 53 | 99 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 157 | ||
| Diphtheria | 1 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 39 | ||
| Simple Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | i | .. | 3 | ||
| Enteric Fever | .. | 5 | 12 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 80 | ||
| Other Miasmatic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Simple Cholera | 7 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 13 | ||
| Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 138 | 31 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 190 | ||
| Ague, Remittent Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Syphilis, &c | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | ||
| Erysipelas | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 17 | ||
| Pyaemia, Pupereal Fever | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 21 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 868 | ||
| 249 | 278 | 116 | 75 | 51 | 43 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 868 | |||
| Thrush,Vege Parasites | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
| Worms, Hydatids | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Want of Breast Milk | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
| Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | ||
| Constitutional Diseases. | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 23 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Rheumatic Fever and Heart Affections | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | ||
| Rheumatism | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | ||
| Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 6 | ||
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Cancer | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 12 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 9 | .. | 101 | ||
| Tabes Mesenterica | 50 | 30 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 84 | ||
| Tubercular Meningitis | 33 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 75 | ||
| Phthisis | 2 | 11 | 11 | 64 | 102 | 72 | 54 | 35 | 5 | .. | .. | 356 | ||
| Scrofula, Tuberculosis | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 28 | ||
| Purpura Hæmoraga | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
| Anæmia, Leucocytha | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
| Diabetes | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 11 | ||
| Syphilis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
| Other Constitutional Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 688 | |||
| 98 | 84 | 34 | 72 | 113 | 91 | 87 | 68 | 30 | 11 | .. | 688 | |||
| Premature Birth | 119 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 119 | ||
| Malformations | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 | .. | 46 | ||
| Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 44 | 65 | 42 | 151 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 316 | ||
| Totals | 141 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 44 | 89 | 42 | 316 | ||