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Hackney 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The special arrangements made by the Borough Council for the
investigation of maternal deaths and cases of puerperal fever and
puerperal pyrexia are described on page 59 of this Report.
SENILE MORTALITY.
The deaths of Hackney residents of 65 years of age and upwards
which occurred during 1934 numbered 1,158, and of these 577 were
between the ages of 65 and 75 years, 456 between 75 and 85 years,
and 125 at 85 years and upwards. The annual mortality.rate of
persons at 65 years and upwards is 5.4 per 1,000 inhabitants.