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— | 5— | 15— | 45— | 65— |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Typhoid and Paratyphoid fever | M | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cerebro- spinal fever | M | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlet fever | M | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping cough | M | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria | M | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Tuberculosis of respiratory system | M | 59 | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 29 | 7 |
F | 34 | .. | .. | 1 | 25 | 5 | 3 | |
Other forms of tuberculosis | M | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
F | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | |
Syphilitic diseases | M | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
F | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | |
Influenza | M | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 |
F | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | |
Measles | M | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | M | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
F | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Acute infectious encephalitis | M | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
F | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | |
Cancer of buccal cavity, etc. | M | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 9 |
F | 19 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | 8 | |
Cancer of stomach and duodenum | M | 35 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 20 |
F | 21 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 12 | |
Cancer of breast | M | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
F | 28 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 9 | 12 | |
Cancer of all other sites | M | 127 | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 51 | 60 |
F | 69 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 29 | 33 | |
Diabetes | M | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 |
F | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 16 | |
Intra-cranial vascular lesions | M | 68 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 17 | 50 |
F | 90 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 18 | 70 |