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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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| Causes of Death | Sex | All Ages | 0– | 1– | 5– | 15– | 25– | 45– | 65– | 75– |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | M | 15 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 9 | 4 | – |
| F | 6 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | 2 | – | |
| Tuberculosis other forms | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| F | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Syphilitic disease | M | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | – |
| F | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Diphtheria | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Whooping cough | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Meningococcal infection | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Acute poliomyelities | M | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | M | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | M | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| F | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M | 21 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| F | 25 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 13 | 6 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung bronchus | M | 78 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 39 | 25 | 6 |
| F | 14 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| Malignant neoplasm breast | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 26 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 14 | 5 | 5 | |
| Malignant neoplasm uterus | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 11 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M | 90 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 26 | 24 |
| F | 79 | 1 | – | – | – | 5 | 29 | 22 | 22 | |
| Leukaemia. aleukaemia | M | 5 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – |
| F | 4 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | |
| Diabetes | M | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| F | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | M | 64 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 16 | 22 | 22 |
| F | 109 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 18 | 32 | 56 | |
| Coronary disease, angina | M | 156 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 61 | 59 | 34 |
| F | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 46 | 36 |