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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– |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypertension, with heart disease | M | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| F | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 11 | 20 | |
| Other heart disease | M | 76 | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 34 |
| F | 114 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 16 | 15 | 78 | |
| Other circulatory disease | M | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 5 | 15 |
| F | 21 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | |
| Influenza | M | 11 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| F | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Pneumonia | M | 57 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 9 | 18 | 26 |
| F | 43 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 10 | 26 | |
| Bronchitis | M | 109 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 35 | 37 | 36 |
| F | 74 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 14 | 22 | 37 | |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | M | 14 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| F | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | M | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| F | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 4 | |
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | M | 6 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| F | 9 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | M | 11 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| F | 10 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | M | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| F | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | M | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| F | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Congenital malformations | M | 9 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 |
| F | 6 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | M | 71 | 18 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 19 |
| F | 76 | 12 | – | – | – | 8 | 18 | 16 | 22 | |
| Motor vehicle accidents | M | 8 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | 2 |
| F | 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | |
| All other accidents | M | 9 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Suicide | M | 9 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | |
| Total all causes | M | 908 | 30 | – | 6 | 11 | 42 | 283 | 283 | 253 |
| F | 821 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 159 | 234 | 357 |