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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Diseases of Urinary System. | |||||||||||||
Kidney Diseases | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | .. | 21 | ||
Nephritis | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. | 18 | |||
Bright's Disease ____ | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 11 | .. | 46 | |||
Other Kidney Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0 | |
Bladder and Prostate | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
1 | 2 | 5 | .. | 6 | 13 | 13 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 1 | - | 88 | |
Diseases of Utercs&c | |||||||||||||
Disease of Uterus | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | |
Abortion, Flooding | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Puerperal Convulsion | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Ovarian Dropsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
.. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 13 | |||
Bones and Joints, Ac. | |||||||||||||
Caries, Necrosis | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 9 | ||
Arthritis, Ostitis | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Carbuncle, Phlegmon | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | |||
Other Skin Diseases | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 20 | |||
Violence. | |||||||||||||
Accidents & Violence | 34 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 102 | |
Homicide | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
Suicide | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | |
34 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | - | 116 | |
Ill-Defined Causes. | |||||||||||||
Dropsy | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | 12 | |||
Debility and Atrophy | 125 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 137 | ||||
Mortification | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
Tumour | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 8 | |
Abscess | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | ||||
Haemorrhage | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | ||
SuddenDeaths (doubtful) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | ||
Causes not Specified | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
128 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 4 | - | 206 | |
Totals | 976 | 593 | 150 | 145 | 200 | 247 | 304 | 372 | 305 | 109 |