London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0— | 1— | 2— | 5- | 15— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75— |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | M | 1,285 | 104 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 41 | 64 | 77 | 170 | 215 | 288 | 237 |
| F | 1,189 | 48 | 15 | 13 | 30 | 59 | 57 | 54 | 114 | 160 | 273 | 366 | |
| 1 Enteric fever | M | ||||||||||||
| F | 1 | 1 | ... | ||||||||||
| M | ... | ||||||||||||
| F | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| 3 Measles | M | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| F | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | |||||||||
| 4 Scarlet fever | M | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| F | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ||||||||
| 5 Whooping cough | M | 6 | 4 | 2 | ... | ||||||||
| F | 4 | 2 | 2 | ... | |||||||||
| 6 Diphtheria | M | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| F | 5 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| 7 Influenza | M | 56 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | |||
| F | 53 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 18 | ||||
| 8 Encephalitis lethargica | M | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ||||||
| F | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ||||
| 9 Cerebro-spinal fever | M | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |||||||
| F | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |||
| 10 Tuberculosis of respira-atory system | M | 113 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 4 | ... | ||
| F | 58 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | ... | 1 | ||||
| 11 Other tuberculous diseases | M | 8 | l | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | |||
| F | 17 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ||||
| 12 Syphilis | M | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| F | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| 13 General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis | M | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | |||||||
| F | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ||||||
| 14 Cancer, malignant disease | M | 160 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 50 | 48 | 23 | ||||
| F | 166 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 42 | 51 | 35 | |||||
| 15 Diabetes | M | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| F | 23 | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 3 | ||||||
| 16 Cerebral haemorrhage, etc. | M | 28 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 8 | ||||||
| F | 41 | 1 | ... | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | ||||||
| 17 Heart disease | M | 280 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 50 | 92 | 88 | |||
| F | 320 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 36 | 83 | 151 |