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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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CAUSES OF DEATH
| Causes of Death | Sex | All Ages | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other circulatory disease | M | 39 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 |
| F | 39 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 5 | 27 | |
| Influenza | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| F | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | |
| Pneumonia | M | 34 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 12 | 17 |
| F | 40 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 25 | |
| Bronchitis | M | 134 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 34 | 47 | 45 |
| F | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 24 | |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | M | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - |
| F | 8 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 6 | |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | M | 29 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
| F | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
| Gastritis enteritis and diarrhoea | M | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| F | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | M | 14 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| F | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Hyperplasia of Prostate | M | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | |
| Congenital malformations | M | 10 | 6 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| F | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | M | 55 | 21 | - | 3 | - | 2 | 7 | 7 | 15 |
| F | 67 | 15 | - | - | - | 3 | 14 | 11 | 24 | |
| Motor vehicle accidents | M | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| All other accidents | M | 16 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| F | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Suicide | M | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | - |
| F | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Operations of War | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total all causes | M | 925 | 33 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 244 | 288 | 296 |
| F | 818 | 21 | 1 | - | 3 | 30 | 174 | 201 | 388 |