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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Table B. 30 3l
TABLE of POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NEW CASES of INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer
of Health, during the year 1896, in the Hackney Sanitary District; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
Names of Localities adopted
for the purpose of these Statistics;
Public Institutions being shown
as separate localities.
Population at
ALL AGES.
Registered Births.
Aged under
5 or over 5.
New Cases of Sickness in each
Knowledge of the
Locality, coming to the
Medical Officer of Health.
Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several
Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Census
1896.
Estimated to
middle
of 1896.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Smallpox.
Scarlatina
Diphtheria
Membranou8
Croup.
Fevers.
Cholera
Erysipelas
Smallpox
Scarlatina
Diphtheria
Membranous
Croup.
Fevers.
Cholera
Erysipelas
Typbus
Enteric or
Typhoid
Continued
Relapsing
Puerperal
Typhus
Enteric or
Typhoid
Continued
Relapsing
Puerperal
(a)
(b)
(C)
(d)
(e)
Stamford Hill
20,465
20,601
427
Under 5
..
18
19
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
7
7
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5 upwds.
1
74
32
1
..
11
1
..
1
..
14
1
33
8
..
..
3
..
..
..
..
1
West Hackney
43,464
43,507
1,235
Under 5
1
78
44
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
2
1
25
19
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5 upwds.
3
225
69
i
39
..
1
..
36
3
117
25
..
..
11
..
..
..
..
3
Metropolitan Hospital
Under 5
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5 upwds.
..
2
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Hackney (H)
104691
105101
3,297
Under 5
1
206
81
7
..
5
..
..
..
..
13
..
87
36
4
..
2
..
..
..
..
1
5 upwds.
1
588
214
5
..
90
..
..
3
..
128
..
276
56
1
37
1
..
..
..
12
Workhouse
Under 5
..
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5 upwds.
..
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
9
..
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
9
Infirmary
Under 5
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5 upwds.
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
M.A.B. Eastern Hospital
Under 5
..
4
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5 upwds.
..
17
6
..
..
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Upton House Industrial
School
Under 5
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5 upwds.
..
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
South Hackney
44,424
44,557
1,463
Under 5
88
32
3
..
3
..
..
..
..
8
..
34
9
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
2
5 upwds.
179
55
1
..
44
..
..
1
66
..
75
16
..
..
20
1
..
..
..
8
Well Street Workhouse
Under 5
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5 upwds.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Totals
213044
213766
6,422
Under 5
2
398
178
10
..
10
..
..
..
..
19
1
157
71
4
..
3
..
..
..
..
3
5 upwds.
6
1094
376
8
••
188
7
..
6
..
261
4
512
105
1
..
71
2
..
..
..
33