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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 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: Table.— Eleven principal causes of Infant Mortality.

Table.— Eleven principal causes of Infant Mortality.

1892189318941895189618971898189919001901
Measles1933524153225291222
Scarlatina442367422—
Whooping Cough41682529613644225021
Teething2122182319111716614
Diarrhæa8610358141171151160165181130
Convulsions9912786104937272708068
Lung Diseases152162133151137142131150136129
Tubercular Diseases66845331575561567369
Atrophy and Debility174109144125101131136134128121
Premature Birth1091058199110118145124130124
Accidents & Violence28263134272634363026
Total799878666767826781829804828724
Other Causes113167136209184198213265207147
Total91210458029761010979104210691035871

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Senile Mortality.— The deaths registered from the age of 65
and upwards numbered 766, and is equivalent to a mortality of 3.7
per 1,000 living; ?64 deaths being between the ages of 65 and 75;
321 between the ages of 75 and 85 years, and 81 at 85 years and
upwards.
SPECIFIC CAUSES OF DEATH.
Class I.
Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases.—The deaths from these
diseases during 1901 numbered 504, against 575 during the year
1900. The zymotic death-rate is 2.2 per 1,000 living, against 2.6
for 1900. The zymotic mortality for all London for 1901 is 2.68 per
1,000 living.
A.—NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
Small Pox.—The Borough was free from this disease during the
first six months of the year 1901; but in the month of July the
disease was introduced by the occurrence of two cases at a local
laundry. One of them was the carman who fetched the soiled linen