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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 1957
[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-lh | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65-74 | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypertension with heart disease | M | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| F | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Other heart disease | M | 93 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 53 |
| F | 124 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 16 | 26 | 77 | |
| Other circulatory disease | M | 42 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18 |
| F | 37 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | |
| Influenza | M | 10 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| F | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Pneumonia | M | 39 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 10 | 13 |
| F | 42 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 21 | |
| Bronchitis | M | 105 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 30 | 37 | 34 |
| F | 40 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 9 | 22 | |
| Other diseases of respiratory system | M | 17 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| F | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | M | 24 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 |
| F | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | M | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | M | 4 | - | _ | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| F | 9 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Hyperplasia of Prostate | M | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Congenital malformations | M | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| F | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | M | 55 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 7 | 12 | 7 | 7 |
| F | 64 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 26 | |
| Motor vehicle accidents | M | 17 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| F | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | |
| All other accidents | M | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| F | 11 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| Suicide | M | 10 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 11 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Homicide | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | |
| Total all causes | M | 994 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 318 | 291 | 273 |
| F | 824 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 172 | 223 | 355 |