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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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. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards | Totals | ||
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1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Membranous Croup | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Smallpox. | Vaccinated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Unvaccinat'd | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Vaccn doubtfl | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Measles | 24 | 80 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 108 | |||
Scarlet Fever | 3 | 27 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 41 | ||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
oping Cough | 29 | 30 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 62 | ||
7 | 44 | 18 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 71 | ||||
Simple Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Enteric Fever | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Other Miasmatic | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
English Cholera | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |||
Diarrhoea, Dysentery | 141 | 30 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 191 | ||||
Ague,RemittentFever | ||||||||||||||
Hydrophobia | ||||||||||||||
Syphilis, &c. | 14 | 17 | ||||||||||||
Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||
Pyæmia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 16 | |||||
Puerperal Fever | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||||
TlrushVegeParasites | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
Worms, Hydatids | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Alcoholism | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | ||||||
Influenza | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 19 | 2 | 124 | ||
232 | 232 | 46 | 27 | 28 | 33 | 19 | 32 | 42 | 26 | 2 | - | 719 | ||
Constitutional Diseases. | ||||||||||||||
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | ||
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | |||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | ||
Rickets | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | |||
Cancer | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 37 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 153 | |||
Tabes Mesenterica | 40 | 21 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 62 | ||
TubercularMeningitis | 15 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 43 | ||
Phthisis | 1 | 13 | 45 | 68 | 60 | 65 | 28 | 5 | 1 | .. | 292 | |||
Scrofula, Tuberculosis | 15 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 62 | ||
Purpura Hæmorrhagica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Anaemia, Leucocytha | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | |||
Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 12 | |||
Other Constitutional Diseases | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |||
- | 662 | |||||||||||||
78 | 76 | 28 | 65 | 79 | 91 | 107 | 73 | 46 | 13 | 6 | ||||
Developmental | ||||||||||||||
Premature Birth | 99 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 99 | ||
Malformations | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 30 | 89 | 63 | 183 | |||
120 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 30 | 89 | 63 | - | 304 |