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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 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: TABLE OF DEATHS— continued.

TABLE OF DEATHS— continued.

AGESUnder 1 year.1 to 22 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.All ages.
Malignant Diseases, Cancer.........1135617134...50
Rickets.......................................
Purpura.......................................
Haemophilia, Hemorrhagic Diathesis.......................................
Anaemia, Leucocythæmia...............11542......13
Diabetes Mellitus.........11......178...123
Premature Birth44.................................44
Congenital Defects16...11......1...............19
Injury at Birth.......................................
Atelectasis6.................................6
Want of Breast Milk.........................................
Teething.......................................
Suffocation-Overlaying3.................................3
Diseases of Nervous System.
Meningitis, Inflammation of Brain4......31......1............9
Softening of Brain.......................................
General Paralysis of Insane...............24131......11
Insanity (not Puerperal)............1...1......1......3
Chorea.......................................
Epilepsy............11...11.........4
Convulsions311...........................5
Laryngismus Stridulus.......................................
Locomotor Ataxy........................1.........1