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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 1954
[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 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 4 | 2 |
| F | 9 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis, other forms | M | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Syphilitic disease | M | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Diphtheria | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Whooping cough | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Meningococcal infection | M | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute poliomyelitis | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | M | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| Malignant neoplasm stomach | M | 29 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 |
| F | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | 9 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | M | 75 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 33 | 29 | 10 |
| F | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| F | 47 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 19 | 14 | 8 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 9 | - | ~ | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | - | |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M | 101 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 29 | 37 | 29 |
| F | 84 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 27 | 31 | 24 | |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | M | 8 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Diabetes | M | 2 | - | ~ | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| F | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | M | 73 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 20 | 25 | 26 |
| F | 101 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 26 | 32 | 41 | |
| Coronary disease, angina | M | 179 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 63 | 59 | 52 |
| F | 112 | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 50 | 43 |