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