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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Hackney | England & Wales | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| MATERNAL MORTALITY - Death rates per 1,000 Live and Still Births: | |||
| Sepsis of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | – | 0.09 | |
| Abortion with toxaemia | – | 0.02 | |
| Other toxaemia of pregnancy and the puerperium | – | 0.21 | |
| Haemorrhage of pregnancy and childbirth | – | 0.09 | |
| Abortion without mention of sepsis or toxaemia | – | 0.04 | |
| Abortion with sepsis | – | 0.07 | |
| Other complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium | – | 0.20 | |
| Nil | 0.72 | ||
| DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE: | |||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 19.78 | 23.8 | 27.6 |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 18.68 | – | – |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | 42.01 | – | – |
| NEO-NATAL MORTALITY- | |||
| Deaths of infants under four weeks of age | 34 | 21 | 13 |
| Neo-Natal Death Rate per 1,000 live births | 13.45 | – | – |
MARRIAGES - Marriages to the number of 1,623 were solemnised in the borough, giving a
marriage rate of 9.49 per thousand of the home population.
CAUSES OF DEATH
| Males | Females | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | 28 | 15 | 43 |
| Tuberculosis, other | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Syphilitic disease | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | – | 1 |
| Meningococcal infection | – | – | – |
| Acute poliomyelitis | – | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 1 | – | 1 |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 35 | 34 | 69 |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 62 | 16 | 78 |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | – | 42 | 42 |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | – | 11 | 11 |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 92 | 103 | 195 |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Diabetes | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | 65 | 107 | 172 |
| Coronary disease, angina | 177 | 108 | 285 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | 23 | 37 | 60 |
| Other heart diseases | 96 | 153 | 249 |
| Other circulatory disease | 32 | 45 | 77 |
| Influenza | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| Pneumonia | 52 | 74 | 126 |
| Bronchitis | 121 | 69 | 190 |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 28 | 14 | 42 |
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 18 | – | 18 |
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | – | – | – |
| Congenital malformations | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 66 | 77 | 143 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 8 | – | 8 |
| All other accidents | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| Suicide | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| Totals | 991 | 983 | 1974 |
| The total deaths from malignant disease at all ages were 395. | |||
There was one death from measles and one from whooping cough; two children under
the age of two years died from diseases of the gastro intestinal tract. The one death
shown by the Registrar General under the heading "Acute Poliomyelitis" was in fact certified
to be due to "Toxaemia and Encephalitis".