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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |