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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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APPENDIX
CAUSES OF DEATH IN AGE GROUPS OF HACKNEY RESIDENTS
| Causes of Death | Sex | All Ages | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 45 | 65 | 75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | M | 9 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| F | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis, other forms | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Syphilitic disease | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Diphtheria | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Whooping Cough | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Meningococcal Infection | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | M | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | M | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| F | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M | 31 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 |
| F | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | 12 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | M | 60 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 36 | 16 | 5 |
| F | 15 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| Malignant neoplasm breast | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 42 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 17 | 13 | 6 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 4 | |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M | 91 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 38 | 27 |
| F | 89 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 41 | 22 | 22 | |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | M | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
| F | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Diabetes | M | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 3 | |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | M | 75 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 20 | 22 | 31 |
| F | 103 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 15 | 30 | 57 | |
| Coronary disease angina. | M | 182 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 58 | 71 | 46 |
| F | 95 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 19 | 38 | 37 | |
| Hypertension with heart disease | M | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| F | 47 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 8 | 35 | |
| Other heart disease | M | 84 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 51 |
| F | 107 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 13 | 17 | 74 |