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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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Table: Statistics relating to all cancer deaths in Hackney over the past 25 years are as follows:-

Statistics relating to all cancer deaths in Hackney over the past 25 years are as follows:-

YearEstimated PopulationAge GroupsTotal DeathsDeath rate per 1,000 Population
0- 11-55-1515-4545-6565 & Over
TEN YEARS1931217,000.291331813431.58
1932214,200--.261471543271.53
1933214,300--2211461573261.52
1934211,120--1291651633581.70
1935210,600-1271621673571.70
1936209,1001--261311943521.68
1937206,700-11231421803471.68
1938205,200-1-231331713281.60
1939195,300-2-261331883441.76
1940168,290--1311311483111.85
Totals1462611,4231,6983,3931.66 (Average)
TEN YEARS1941123,720--2181181122502.02
1942131,200--2191311412932.23
1943136,270-1-231051652942.16
1944135,540---221161562942.17
1945140,570-..1181271643102.21
1946166,560-1-231261993492.10
1947174,240---331251543121.80
1948172,900---221561853632.10
1949173,020---231321793341.93
1950172,100-2-271491683462.01
Totals-452281,2851,6233,1452.07 (Average)
FIVE YEARS1951170,800-21281362113782.21
1952171,000-22331442143952.31
1953169,6001-2291311813442.03
1954168,600---201412233842.28
1955167,200111201432023682.20
Totals2561306951,0311,8692.21 (Average)

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Deaths of Hackney residents from various causes and in different age
groups are shown in the table on pages 1 and 2 of the Appendix.
Statistics relating to births and deaths in Hackney, the County of London
and England and Wales for the years 1931-55 are set out on page 3 of the
Appendix.