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
Of Inhabitants of the Hackney District between Jan. 1st. and Dec. 31st, 1885.
AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 66 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upward. | Totals. | ||
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Small pox. | Vaccinated | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 | |
Unvaccinat'd | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 | 86 | |
Vaccndoubtfl | .. | 2 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 30 | ||
Measles | 22 | 133 | 12 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 168 | ||
Scarlet Fever | 3 | 17 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 29 | ||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Whooping Cough | 33 | 51 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 85 | ||
Diphtheria | 1 | 29 | 16 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 47 | ||
Simple Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Enteric Fever | 1 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 3 | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | 37 | |||
Other Miasmatic diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Simple Cholera | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | ||
Diarrhoea, Dysentery. | 83 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 9 | 1 | 122 | |||
Ague,Remittent Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Syphilis, &c. | 17 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | ||
Erysipelas | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | i | .. | 17 | ||
Pyeemia, Pupereal Fever | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 16 | 631 | |
Thrush, Vego Parasites | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 11 | |
Worms,Hydatids | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Want of Breast Milk | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | ||
Constitution ai Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Rheumatio Fever | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | ||
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | ] | .. | 6 | ||
Oout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | l | .. | 6 | ||
Rickets | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
Cancer | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 10 | .. | 26 | 32 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 116 | ||
Tabes Mesenterica | 41 | 16 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 64 | ||
Tubercular Meningitis | 26 | 34 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 66 | ||
Phthisis | 6 | 7 | 6 | 40 | 80 | 68 | 58 | 20 | 10 | 3 | .. | 297 | ||
Scrofula, Tuberculosis | 19 | 21 | 4 | 6 | .. | .. | . . | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 51 | ||
Purpura Haamoraga | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Anæmia, Leucocytha. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 12 | ||
Other Constitutional Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 637 | |
Premature Birt | 131 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 131 | ||
Malformations | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 297 | |
Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 23 | 76 | 48 | 149 | ||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Carried forward.. | 422 | 346 | 94 | 84 | 120 | 100 | 104 | 72 | 83 | 100 | 51 | 1576 | 1576 |