Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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— |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aneurysm | M | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| F | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | |
| Other circulatory diseases | M | 58 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 17 |
| F | 76 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 45 | |
| Bronchitis | M | 48 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 12 |
| F | 37 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 10 | 18 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | M | 60 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 15 |
| F | 61 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 9 | 13 | 25 | |
| Other respiratory diseases | M | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | o | 2 | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 |
| F | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Peptic ulcer | M | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| F | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | ||
| Diarrhoea, etc. | M | 13 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 10 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Appendicitis | M | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| F | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | |
| Cirrhosis of liver | M | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | |
| Other diseases of liver | M | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| F | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Other digestive diseases.. | M | 22 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| F | 16 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| Acute and chronic nephritis | M | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| F | 29 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| Puerperal sepsis | F | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other puerperal causes .. | F | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| M | 40 | 39 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |||
| F | 22 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Senility | M | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
| F | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | |
| Suicide | M | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| F | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Other deaths from violence | M | 42 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| F | 34 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | 7 | 9 | 9 | |
| Other defined diseases | M | 81 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 20 |
| F | 68 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 16 | |
| Causes ill-defined or unknown | M | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |