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 OF DEATHS
Of Inhabitants of the Hackney District between 1st Jan. and 31st Dec., 1901.
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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Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Smallpox | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Membranous Croup | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Measles | 22 | 58 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 87 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | 13 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 21 | 27 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 49 |
Diphtheria | 2 | 51 | 33 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 88 |
Simple Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 22 |
Other Miasmatic | ||||||||||||
Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
English Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diarrhoea. Dysentery | 130 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 168 |
Ague,RemittentFever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis, &c | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Erysipelas | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 15 |
Pyaemia | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .3 | |
Thrush Vege Parasites | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Worms, Hydatids | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .. | 55 |
Influenza | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | .. | 38 |
188 | 174 | 50 | 24 | 12 | 28 | 35 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 669 | |
Constitutional Diseases. | ||||||||||||
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 10 |
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Rickets | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Cancer | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 42 | 54 | 46 | 15 | 2 | 182 |
Tabes Mesenterica | 23 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 42 |
Tubercular Meningitis | 15 | 22 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 42 |
Phthisis | 4 | 5 | 9 | 47 | 71 | 71 | 54 | 35 | 9 | 1 | .. | 306 |
Scrofuls, Tuberculosis | 27 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .. | 109 |
Purpura | ||||||||||||
Hæmorrhagiœ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Anaemia, Leuocœytha | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 4 |
Diabetes | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 14 |
Other Constitutional | ||||||||||||
Diseases | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
72 | 80 | 27 | 65 | 96 | 107 | 105 | 97 | 61 | 21 | 2 | 733 | |
Developmental Premature Birth | 124 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 124 |
Malformations | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 |
Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 32 | 119 | 46 | 199 |
146 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 32 | 119 | 46 | 345 |