[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney].

  • Hackney (London, England). Board of Works.
Date:
1861
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5 birth and debility; 38 from old age; and 17 from violence, including 5 from suffocation in bed (all infants); and 3 from burns and scalds. The number registered as from old age was unusually large, and included 9 persons who were 87 years of age and above, viz.:—2 of 87 years old, 2 of 88, 1 of 89, 1 of 90, 1 of 91, 1 of 92, and the other above 100 years old. No less than 8 of these were females, and only 1 a male. The nuisances abated by Mr. Valentine during the past quarter are as follows: Cesspools emptied, filled up, and drained into the sewer 57 Cesspools emptied 20 Horse, cow, pig, and vegetable refuse removed 54 Houses limewashed, purified, and repaired 38 Pigsties repaired or removed 13 Foul and offensive drains cleansed and reconstructed 61 Other nuisances 10 253 The temperature, as already stated, was very low in January, so much so indeed as to have been quite an exception. Mr. Glaisher observes, in the Quarterly Report of the Registrar General for Births, Deaths, &c., that the cold of the first half of January this year was more rigorous than in any corresponding period since 1820, and that it was the coldest January, with one exception, since 1842. The highest temperature recorded at the Town Hall was 54.6°, and the lowest 14.2°, affording a range of more than 40°. The amount of rain-fall was less than usual, having been about 4½ inches. I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, JOHN W. TRIPE. May, 1861.