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Hackney 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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DEATHS FROM PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
AND
NEOPLASMS OF LUNG OR BRONCHUS.
The decline in the number of deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis
has been maintained, but there has been a gradual increase
in the number of deaths attributed to neoplasms of lung or bronchus.
The deaths from these causes since 1946 are summarised in yearly totals as follows:—
| Year | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Neoplasms of Lung or Bronchus | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |
| 1946 | 63 | 28 | 91 | 47 | 12 | 59 |
| 1947 | 59 | 34 | 93 | 44 | 9 | 53 |
| 1948 | 73 | 26 | 99 | 47 | 20 | 67 |
| 1949 | 62 | 25 | 87 | 53 | 16 | 69 |
| 1950 | 38 | 17 | 55 | 60 | 8 | 68 |
| 1951 | 39 | 17 | 56 | 66 | 13 | 79 |
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The deaths of 74 children under the age of twelve months were
allocated to Hackney by the Registrar General during 1951. This
number of deaths gives an infantile mortality rate of 29.02 per
1,000 live births, which is slightly higher than the rates previously
recorded in the borough since 1948. The rate for England and
Wales was 29.6, and for London 26.4.
The infant mortality rates in England and Wales, London and Hackney in the past five years were:—
| District. | Infant mortality rate, 1951 | Infant mortality rates in previous years. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1949 | 1948 | 1947 | ||
| England and Wales | 29 | 29 | 32 | 34 | 41 |
| London | 26 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 37 |
| Hackney | 29 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 30 |