Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Comparative death rates per 1,000 population from malignant disease of lung and bronchus since 1950:-
Year | Hackney | County of London | England & Vales |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | 0.39 | 0.43 | 0.28 |
1951 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.30 |
1952 | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.32 |
1953 | 0.54 | 0.51 | 0.34 |
1954 | 0.51 | 0.54 | 0.37 |
1955 | 0.45 | 0.57 | 0.39 |
1956 | 0.51 | 0.58 | 0 41 |
Statistics relating to all cancer deaths in Hackney over the past 25 years are as follows:-
Year | Estimated Population | Age Group | Total Deaths | Death rate per 1,000 Population | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 | 1-4 | 5-14 | 15-44 | 45-64 | 65 & over | |||||
TEN YEARS | 1932 | 214,200 | - | . | 26 | 147 | 154 | 327 | 1.53 | |
1933 | 214,300 | - | 2 | 21 | 146 | 157 | 326 | 1.52 | ||
1934 | 211,120 | - | - | 1 | 29 | 165 | 163 | 358 | 1.70 | |
1935 | 210,600 | - | - | 1 | 27 | 162 | 167 | 357 | 1.70 | |
1936 | 209,100 | 1 | - | - | 26 | 131 | 194 | 352 | 1.68 | |
1937 | 206,700 | - | 1 | 1 | 23 | 142 | 180 | 347 | 1.68 | |
1938 | 205,200 | - | 1 | - | 23 | 133 | 171 | 328 | 1.60 | |
1939 | 195,300 | - | 2 | - | 26 | 133 | 183 | 344 | 1.76 | |
1940 | 168,290 | - | - | 1 | 31 | 131 | 148 | 311 | 1.85 | |
1941 | 123,720 | - | - | 2 | 18 | 118 | 112 | 250 | 2.02 | |
Totals | 1 | 4 | 8 | 250 | 1,408 | 1,629 | 3,300 | 1.70 (Average) | ||
TEN YEARS | 1942 | 131,200 | - | - | 2 | 19 | 131 | 141 | 293 | 2.23 |
1943 | 136,270 | 1 | - | 23 | 105 | 165 | 294 | 2.16 | ||
1944 | 135,540 | - | - | - | 22 | 116 | 156 | 294 | 2.17 | |
1945 | 140,570 | - | - | 1 | 18 | 127 | 164 | 310 | 2.21 | |
1946 | 166,560 | 1 | - | 23 | 126 | 199 | 349 | 2.10 | ||
1947 | 174,240 | - | - | - | 33 | 125 | 154 | 312 | 1.80 | |
1948 | 172,900 | - | - | - | 22 | 156 | 185 | 363 | 2.10 | |
1949 | 173,020 | - | - | - | 23 | 132 | 179 | 334 | 1.93 | |
1950 | 172,100 | 2 | - | 27 | 149 | 168 | 346 | 2.01 | ||
1951 | 170,800 | - | 2 | 1 | 28 | 136 | 211 | 378 | 2.21 | |
Totals | 6 | 4 | 238 | 1,303 | 1,722 | 3,273 | 2.09 (Average) | |||
FIVE YEARS | 1952 | 171,000 | - | 2 | 2 | 33 | 144 | 214 | 395 | 2.31 |
1953 | 169,600 | 1 | - | 2 | 29 | 131 | 181 | 344 | 2.03 | |
1954 | 168,600 | - | - | - | 20 | 141 | 223 | 384 | 2.28 | |
1955 | 167,200 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 143 | 202 | 368 | 2.20 | |
1956 | 165,800 | 1 | - | 1 | 26 | 148 | 205 | 381 | 2.30 | |
Totals | 3 | 3 | 6 | 128 | 707 | 1,025 | 1,872 | 2.22 (Average) |
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 1932 56 are set out on page 3
of the Appendix,