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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Causes of Death | Sex | All ages | Under 1 year | 1- 4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65-74 | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypertension with heart disease | M | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 10 |
| F | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 11 | 21 | |
| Other heart disease | M | 94 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 13 | 23 | 55 |
| F | 145 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 19 | 27 | 93 | |
| Other circulatory disease | M | 36 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | 7 | 17 |
| F | 42 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 11 | 26 | |
| Influenza | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | M | 39 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| F | 45 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 13 | 24 | |
| Bronchitis | M | 112 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 31 | 34 | 46 |
| F | 66 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 13 | 46 | |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | M | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| F | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | M | 14 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| F | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| F | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | M | 10 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | - |
| F | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Hyperplasia of Prostate | M | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Pregnancy, childbirth abortion | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Congenital malformations | M | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 5 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other defined and illdefined diseases | M | 58 | 18 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 9 |
| F | 67 | 11 | - | - | - | 3 | 16 | 14 | 23 | |
| Motor vehicle accidents | M | 7 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 |
| F | 8 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| All other accidents | M | 17 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| F | 19 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | |
| Suicide | M | 11 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| F | 8 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Homicide (Infanticide) | M | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total al1 causes | M | 917 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 295 | 254 | 285 |
| F | 928 | 20 | - | 5 | - | 36 | 167 | 258 | 442 |