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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 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: Analysis of Causes of Deaths— continued.

Analysis of Causes of Deaths— continued.

AGESUnder 1 year.1 to 2.2 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.
Want of Breast Milk ........................................
Teething.......................................
Suffocation— Overlaying4.................................4
Diseases of Nervous System.
Meningitis, Inflammation of Brain5...15.........3...11...16
Softening of Brain.......................................
General Paralysis of Insane..................42............6
Insanity (not Puerperal)............2...112.........6
Chorea.......................................
Epilepsy......1...1312............8
Convulsions10...1...........................11
Laryngismus Stridulus.......................................
Locomotor Ataxy.........,............1............1
Poliomyelitis.......................................
Paraplegia and Disease of Cord....... . .1............11......3
Neuritis, Periph, Poly-Neuritis............. . .............1......1
Brain Tumour (not specific)...............2...3............5
Nervous System, other Diseases............114...1.........7