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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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TABLE OF DEATHS
Of Inhabitants of the Hackney District between 1st Jan. and 31st Dec., 1896.
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
Chiken Pox
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Membranous Croup
..
4
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
7
Smallpox.
Vaccinated
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Unvaccinat'd
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Vaccn doubtft
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Measles
15
59
8
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
83
6
65
93
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
98
Typhus Fever
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Whooping Cough
61
79
6
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
146
Diphtheria
11
102
62
2
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
179
Simple Fever
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
1
Enteric Fever
..
..
6
19
10
4
3
..
2
..
..
44
Other Miasmatic
Diseases
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
English Cholera
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Diarrhœa. Dysentery
171
25
..
..
..
..
4
5
4
2
1
212
Ague,Remittent Fever
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Hydrophobia
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Syphilis, &c
21
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
26
Erysipelas
6
..
1
..
1
1
1
2
1
1
..
14
Pyæmia
1
..
..
1
..
1
6
1
2
..
..
12
Puerperal Fever
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Thrush Vege Parasites
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
....
..
....
..
1
Worms, Hydatids
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Want of Breast Milk
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Alcoholism
..
..
..
..
3
7
..
1
..
..
..
11
Influenza
1
2
..
2
2
5
1
4
3
2
••
22
298
336
109
29
17
18
17
16
13
5
1
859
Constitutional
Diseases.
Rheumatic Fever
..
..
2
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
Rheumatism
..
2
3
2
..
2
1
3
1
1
..
15
Gout
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
1
1
4
1
10
Rickets
1
5
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
6
Cancer.
..
1
1
1
4
25
36
25
37
7
1
138
Tabes Mesenterica
27
7
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
35
TubercularMeningitis
17
14
2
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
35
Phthisis .
3
6
6
39
72
82
54
26
5
1
..
294
Scrofula,Tuberculosis
10
7
6
8
6
1
3
2
1
..
..
44
Purpura
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Hæorrhagica
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Anaemia, Leucocytha
1
1
1
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
5
Diabetes
..
1
..
..
2
..
4
3
4
..
..
14
Other Constitutional
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Diseases
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
58
44
22
53
86
110
101
61
50
13
2
600
Developmental
Premature Birth
110
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
110
Malformations
18
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
19
Old Age
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
28
100
51
180
128
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
28
100
51
309