[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney] page 15

Hackney 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Homicide. The one case of homicide was that of a night watchman, aged 63
years, employed in a builder's hut The cause of death was certified as
"strangulation by band over mouth - murder by some person(s) unknown".'

Table: Comparative death rates per 1,000 population over the last eight years are as follows:-

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Comparative death rates per 1,000 population over the last eight years are as follows:-

Year	Hackney	Coun ty of London	England & Wales
1950	1.29	1.25	1.25
1951	1.46	1.37	1.33
1952	1.67	1.48	1.40
1953	1.50	1.43	1.40
1954	1.72	1.50	1.51
1955	1.66	1.57	1.59
1956	1.90	1.70	1.67
1957	1.74	1.70	1.70

Table: ACCIDENTSMotor vehicle.The 21 lives lost as a result of motor vehicle accidents fell into the following age and sex groups:-

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Motor vehicle.The 21 lives lost as a result of motor vehicle accidents fell into the following age and sex groups:-

Age groups	Males	Females	Total
5-14 years	1	2	3
15 - 24 years	5	-	5
25 - 44 years	2	-	2
45 - 64 years	3	-	3
65 - 74 years	3	2	5
75 and upwards	3	-	3
	17	4	21

Table: All other accidentsApart from accidents due to motor vehicles 32 deaths are recorded in the Registrar General s statistics under the classification "all other accidents":-

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All other accidentsApart from accidents due to motor vehicles 32 deaths are recorded in the Registrar General s statistics under the classification "all other accidents":-

Age groups	Males	Females	Total
Under 1 year	1	1	2
1-4 years	1	-	1
5-14 years	2	-	2
15 - 24 years	3	-	3
25 - 44 years	3	-	3
45 - 64 years	6	1	7
65 - 74 years	3	5	8
75 and upwards	2	4	6
	21	11	32

Table: Details of these cases are as follows

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Details of these cases are as follows

	Age	Cause of death
Males	- 11 months	Cerebral contusion and haemorrhage. Pell from cot to floor.
	4 years	Drowning in River Lea. Fell in.
	7 years	Drowning in canal.
	14 years	Extradural haemorrhage and fractured skull. Pall in gymnasium from rope.
	17 years	Cerebral contusion. Fractured skull caused by accidental fall down steps.
	19 years	Cerebral contusion and fracture of skull sustained when he fell from a pedal cycle.
	24 years	Shock from burns due to his clothing becoming ignited by an explosion in an electricity high power transformer switch.

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Table: Comparative death rates per 1,000 population over the last eight years are as follows:-

Table: ACCIDENTSMotor vehicle.The 21 lives lost as a result of motor vehicle accidents fell into the following age and sex groups:-

Table: All other accidentsApart from accidents due to motor vehicles 32 deaths are recorded in the Registrar General s statistics under the classification "all other accidents":-

Table: Details of these cases are as follows