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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
| Causes of Death | Sex | All Ages | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypertension with heart disease | M | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| F | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 9 | 18 | |
| Other heart disease | M | 68 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 13 | 43 |
| F | 114 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 16 | 28 | 66 | |
| Other circulatory disease | M | 32 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 7 | 16 |
| F | 45 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 15 | 23 | |
| Influenza | M | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Pneumonia | M | 26 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| F | 44 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 11 | 27 | |
| Bronchitis | M | 83 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 15 | 27 | 38 |
| F | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 12 | 27 | |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | M | 12 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| F | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | M | 9 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| F | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | M | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | M | 10 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | M | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| F | - | - | - | ~ | - | - | — | - | - | |
| Pregnancy,, childbirth, abortion | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | |
| Congenital malformations | M | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| F | 8 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | M | 59 | 19 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 14 |
| F | 60 | 11 | - | - | - | 7 | 8 | 12 | 22 | |
| Motor vehicle accidents | M | 5 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| All other accidents | M | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 2 |
| F | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Suicide | M | 20 | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | - |
| F | 13 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 2 | - | |
| Homicide | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total all causes | M | 893 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 264 | 261 | 278 |
| F | 822 | 18 | - | 3 | 1 | 34 | 177 | 253 | 336 |