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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| MATERNAL MORTALITY - Death rates per 1,000 | Hackney | England & Wales | |
| Live and Still Births | |||
| Sepsis of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | - | 0.10 | |
| Abortion with toxaemia | - | 0.01 | |
| Other toxaemias of pregnancy and the puerperium | - | 0.24 | |
| Haemorrhage of pregnancy and childbirth | 0.79 | 0.13 | |
| Abortion without mention of sepsis or toxaemia | - | 0.04 | |
| Abortion with sepsis | - | 0.06 | |
| Other complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | 0.40 | 0.18 | |
| 1.19 | 0.76 | ||
| DEATH RATE OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE:- | |||
| All infants per 1,000 live births | 19.57 | 24.8 | 26.8 |
| Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births | 20.43 | - | - |
| Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births | - | - | - |
| NEO-NATAL MORTALITY: | |||
| Deaths of infants under four weeks of age | 36 | 23 | 13 |
| Neo-Natal Death Rate per 1,000 live births | 14. 68 | - | - |
| MARRIAGES - Marriages to the number of 1,458 were solemnised in the borough, giving a marriage rate of 8.60 per thousand of the home population. | |||
| CAUSES OF DEATH | |||
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | 15 | 6 | 21 |
| Tuberculosis, other | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Syphilitic disease | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal infection | - | - | - |
| Acute poliomyelitis | 1 | - | l |
| Measles | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | 21 | 25 | 46 |
| Malignant neoplasm lung, bronchus | 78 | 14 | 92 |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | 26 | 26 |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | - | 11 | 11 |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 90 | 79 | 169 |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Diabetes | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | 64 | 109 | 173 |
| Coronary disease, angina | 156 | 98 | 254 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | 19 | 34 | 53 |
| Other heart diseases | 76 | 114 | 190 |
| Other circulatory disease | 29 | 21 | 50 |
| Influenza | 11 | 16 | 27 |
| Pneumonia | 57 | 43 | 100 |
| Bronchitis | 109 | 74 | 183 |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 13 | - | 13 |
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | 3 | 3 |
| Congenital malformations | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 71 | 76 | 147 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| All other accidents | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| Suicide | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| Totals | 908 | 821 | 1,729 |