[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney] page 10

Hackney 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: AGE MORTALITY

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AGE MORTALITY

	Males	Females	Total
Under 1	30	18	48
1-5	-	2	2
5-15	6	4	10
15-25	11	4	15
25-45	42	43	85
45-65	283	159	442
65-75	283	234	517
75 and over	253	357	610
Totals	908	821	1,729

Table: Gastritis Enteritis and Diarrhoea -Fifteen persons are recorded as having died from these causes, including 3 children under the age of one year. The age and sex distribution were:-

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Gastritis Enteritis and Diarrhoea -Fifteen persons are recorded as having died from these causes, including 3 children under the age of one year. The age and sex distribution were:-

Age Groups	Males	Females	Total
0-1	3	-	3
1-5	-	-	-
5-15	-	-	-
15-25	-	-	-
25-45	-	1	1
45-65	-	1	1
65-75	3	4	7
75 and upwards	-	3	3
Totals	6	9	15

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Suicide. Nine men and five women took their own lives.
Accidents. Fatal motor vehicle accidents totalled 12, of which 8 were males
and 4 females, all other types of accident accounted for 9 male and 3 female
deaths.
Maternal Mortality, There were 3 deaths from causes associated with pregnancy
or childbirth, certified as follows:-
Age Cause of death
17 Air embolism due to the introduction of frothing fluid
into the pregnant uterus
34 Post partum haemorrhage (operation hysterectomy),
36 Shock from concealed accidental haemorrhage associated
with cortical necrosis of the kidneys.

Table: The maternal mortality rates in Hackney and in England and Wales for the last five years were:-

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The maternal mortality rates in Hackney and in England and Wales for the last five years were:-

	1953	1952	1951	1950	1949
Hackney	1.19	nil.	0.77	0.76	nil.
England and Wales	0.76	0.72	0.79	0.86	0.98

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Infant Mortality There were 48 deaths of children under one year, with
resultant infant mortality rate of 19.57 per thousand live births, as compared
with a rate of 24.8 for the County of London and 26.8 for England and
Wales.

Table: Comparable infant mortality rates for Hackney, London and England and Wales for the last five years:-

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Comparable infant mortality rates for Hackney, London and England and Wales for the last five years:-

	1953	1952	1951	1950	1949
Hackney	19.57	19.78	29.02	22.92	22.50
London	24.8	23.8	26.4	26.3	29
England and Wales	26.8	27.6	29.6	29.8	32

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Hackney 1953

Table: AGE MORTALITY

Table: Gastritis Enteritis and Diarrhoea -Fifteen persons are recorded as having died from these causes, including 3 children under the age of one year. The age and sex distribution were:-

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Table: The maternal mortality rates in Hackney and in England and Wales for the last five years were:-

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Table: Comparable infant mortality rates for Hackney, London and England and Wales for the last five years:-