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. | ||
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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 |