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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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| Age last birthday | Persons | Females | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Single | Married | Widowed | Divorced | ||
| All ages | 171,342 | 90,505 | 34,927 | 44,852 | 10,142 | 584 |
| 0-4 | 13 974 | 6,849 | 6,849 | - | - | - |
| 5-9 | 11,408 | 5,548 | 5,548 | - | - | - |
| 10 - 14 | 9,248 | 4,478 | 4,478 | - | - | - |
| 15 - 19 | 9,201 | 5,101 | 4,831 | 270 | - | - |
| 20 - 24 | 12,213 | 6,497 | 3,303 | 3,173 | 11 | 10 |
| 25 - 29 | 14,380 | 7,293 | 1,632 | 5,568 | 28 | 65 |
| 30 - 34 | 13,106 | 3,597 | 1,068 | 5,350 | 79 | 100 |
| 35 - 39 | 14,263 | 7, 201 | 1,093 | 5,834 | 171 | 103 |
| 40 - 44 | 14,206 | 7,368 | 1,237 | 5,765 | 277 | 89 |
| 45 - 49 | 12,813 | 6,619 | 1,128 | 5,004 | 409 | 78 |
| 50 - 54 | 10,990 | 5,982 | 919 | 4,281 | 717 | 65 |
| 55 - 59 | 9,199 | 5,250 | 793 | 3,369 | 1,055 | 33 |
| 60 - 64 | 8,242 | 4,738 | 644 | 2,592 | 1,482 | 20 |
| 65 - 69 | 7,094 | 4,236 | 513 | 1,871 | 1,839 | 13 |
| 70 - 74 | 5,506 | 3,293 | 412 | 1,110 | 1,767 | 4 |
| 75 - 79 | 3,312 | 1,990 | 257 | 486 | 1,246 | 1 |
| 80 - 84 | 1,547 | 1,005 | 159 | 152 | 692 | 2 |
| 85 - 89 | 521 | 369 | 53 | 21 | 294 | 1 |
| 90 - 94 | 108 | 81 | 9 | 6 | 66 | |
| 95 and over | 11 | 10 | 1 | - | 9 | - |
VITAL STATISTICS
Estimated Mid-Year Home Population - 167,200
BIRTHS Total Male Female
Live births - Legitimate 2,190 1,108 1,082
Illegitimate 139 77 62
Still births - Legitimate 53 31 22
Illegitimate 2 2
DEATHS
All causes 1,743 925 818
Hackney County of London England & Wales
BIRTH RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION
Live births 13.93 15.1 15.0
Still births 0.33 0.31 0.35
STILL BIRTH RATE PER 1,000 TOTAL LIVE AND STILL
BIRTHS 23.07 20.2 23.2
Birth rate after applying "Area Comparability"
Factor of 0.91 12.68
DEATH RATE (CRUDE) PER 1,000 POPULATION 10.42 11.5 11.7
Death rate after applying "Area Comparability"
Factor of 1.05 10.94 -
TUBERCULOSIS DEATH RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION 0.10 0.17 0.15
Hackney England & Wales
MATERNAL MORTALITY - Death rates per 1,000
Live and still Births:
Maternal causes excluding abortion 0.84 0.54
Due to abortion 0.84 0.10
1.68 0.64