London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

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]

This page requires JavaScript

Table: Deaths from malignant disease of the lung and bronchus since 1946 were:-

Deaths from malignant disease of the lung and bronchus since 1946 were:-

YearMaleFemaleTotal
1946471259
194744953
1948472067
1949531669
195060868
1951661379
1952621678
1953781492

Table: Statistics relating to cancer deaths generally in Hackney over the past 25 years are as follows:-

Statistics relating to cancer deaths generally in Hackney over the past 25 years are as follows:-

YearEstimated PopulationAge Groups
0-11-55-1515-4545-6565 & OverTotal DeathsDeath Bate per 1,000 Population
TEN YEARS1929214,400-1-241521633401.59
1930214,400-1-241491453191.49
1931217,000---291331813431.58
1932214,200---261471543271.53
1933214,300--2211461573261.52
1934211,120--1291651633581.70
1935210,600--1271621673571.70
1936209,1001-261311943521.68
1937206,700-11231421803471.68
193820 5,200-1-231331713281.60
Totals1452521,4601,6753, 3971.61 (average)
TEN YEARS1939195 3002-261331833441.76
1940168 290--1311311483111.85
1941123, 720--2181181122502.02
1942131 200-2191311412932.23
1943136,270-1-231051652942.16
1944135,540---221161562942.17
1945140,570--1181271643102.21
1946166 560-1-231261993492.10
1947174 240---331251543121.80
1948172, 900---221561853632.10
Totals-462351,2681,6073,1202.04 (average)
FIVE YEARS1949173,020---231321793341.93
1950172,100-2-271491683462.01
1951170,800-21281362113782.21
1952171,000-22331442143952.31
1953169,6001-2291311813442.03
Totals1651406929531,7972.10 (average)

Text

Copy text to clipboard

Deaths of Hackney residents from various causes and in different age
groups are shown in the table on pages 1 & 2 of the Appendix.
Statistics relating to births and deaths in Hackney, the County of London,
and England and Wales for the years 1929 53 are set out on page 4 of the
Appendix.