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Hackney 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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forecast concerning it, except to remark that it is rare for
this disease to cause an unusually large mortality for three
consecutive years.
TABLE X.
The Deaths Registered at different Ages from all eauses during the Years 1876.85, the Deaths of Non.Residents in the Fever and Small.pox Hospitals being excluded, but of Inhabitants in Hospitals and other Public Institutions outside the District being included.
| AGE AT DEATH. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 .1 | 1 .5 | 5 .15 | 15 .25 | 25 .35 | 35 .45 | 45 .55 | 55 .65 | 65 .75 | 75 .85 | 85 and upwards | Totals | ||
| 1885 | 897 | 658 | 174 | 165 | 213 | 238 | 260 | 314 | 403 | 298 | 72 | 3682 | |
| Per cents | 24.3 | 17.8 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 10.9 | 8.0 | 1.9 | 100 | |
| Per cents. 1884 | 23.8 | 17.0 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 100 | |
| Ditto 1883 | 23.0 | 16.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 100 | |
| Ditto 1882 | 21.2 | 19.5 | 6.6 | 4.3 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 6.7 | 2.1 | 100 | |
| Ditto 1881 | 23.0 | 19.7 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 10.3 | 6.6 | 1.3 | 100 | |
| Ditto 1880 | 27.7 | 17.1 | 41 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 1.9 | 100 | |
| Ditto 1879 | 23.4 | 161 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 9.6 | 10.8 | 6.8 | 1.8 | 100 | |
| Ditto 1878 | 25.3 | 16.2 | 4.9 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 1.9 | 100 | |
| Ditto 1877 | 24.4 | 14.8 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 2.1 | 100 | |
| Ditto 1876.. | 27.4 | 14.1 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 2.1 | 100 | |
| Per cents, of deaths 1876.84 | 24.4 | 16.8 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 7.0 | 1.9 | 100 | |
| Ditto 1866.76 | 24.3 | 15.7 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 2.2 | 100 | |
| Ditto 1856.65 | 21.0 | 16.4 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 8.9 | 10.9 | 8.0 | 2.2 | 104 | |
I continue this table as heretofore, because it is useful in
leading to a more careful consideration of the causes of death
at certain ages, whenever any great departure from the ordinary
percentages occur. It is evident, however, that the death rate
amongst the inhabitants at any given age will depend on the
number of those who are living at that age, as well as on the