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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||