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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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| Age | Cause of death | |
|---|---|---|
| Males | 35 years | Traumatic epilepsy. Took medicinal overdose of phenobarbitone. |
| 37 years | Respiratory failure. Cerebral anoxia. General anaesthesia (thiopentone and flaxedil) for operation on muscles of eye due to squint. | |
| 44 years | Carbon monoxide poisoning from incomplete combustion by an Ascot water heater whilst he was in the bath. | |
| 46 years | Bronchopneumonia ruptured urethra. Fell through partly made floor. | |
| 47 years | Severe scalding (48% of body surface). Boiler cover blew off. | |
| 51 years | Coronary occlusion due to atheroma, accelerated by inhalation of products of combustion from accidental fire of paper in police station. | |
| 53 years | Fractured skull. Struck by falling chain from crane. | |
| 62 years | Fractured ribs, sternum and pelvis due to being struck by an electric train having collapsed and fallen in front of it. | |
| 64 years | Pulmonary embolism due to phlebothrombosis due to fractured os calcis, due to a fall from a work bench. | |
| 69 years | Bronchopneumonia due to subdural haematoma due to closed head injury: senile cerebral atrophy due to atheroma with cardio vascular hypertrophy. Fall in street. | |
| 72 years | Bronchopneumonia fractured ribs. Fall on stairs at home. | |
| 74 years | Bronchopneumonia fractured femur. Fall to floor. | |
| 76 years | Bronchopneumonia: fractured femur. Fall to floor. | |
| 81 years | Bronchopneumonia: fractured cervical spine. Fall to floor. | |
| Females - | 5 weeks | Asphyxia. Respiratory embarrassment due to posture on soft flock mattress at home, |
| 52 years | Fractured spine and pelvis- Fell from window. | |
| 66 years | Pulmonary embolus following fracture of femur - fall in street. | |
| 69 years | Fracture of cervical spine, Fell on floor at home. | |
| 71 years | Bronchopneumonia: fractured femur. Fall to floor at home. | |
| 74 years | Suffocation, Inhaled piece of meat during a meal. | |
| 74 years | Fractured femur. Fell on stairs at home. | |
| 75 years | Bronchopneumonia burns of body. Night clothing caught fire from electric stove. | |
| 78 years | Pulmonary embolism, Phlebothrombosis of leg veins. Fall to ground. | |
| 83 years | Carbon monoxide poisoning sustained when she was overcome by coal gas from an unlighted gas stove. | |
| 91 years | Trochanteric fracture of right femur: R. femoral vein thrombosis pulmonary embolism. Fall getting out of bed in hospital, |
(a) All sites. The 416 deaths in 1957 from malignant disease showed the following age, sex and site distribution:-
| Age group | Stomach | Lung, bronchus | Breast | Uterus | Other | Totals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Under 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||||
| 1-4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||
| 5-14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | |
| 15-24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | - | |
| 25-44 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | 7 | 4 | 27 |
| 45-64 | 12 | 6 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 22 | - | 5 | 36 | 32 | 183 |
| 65-74 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 8 | - | 6 | - | 2 | 36 | 30 | 117 |
| 75 and upwards | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | 3 | 28 | 23 | 87 |
| Totals | 34 | 20 | 96 | 16 | 2 | 37 | - | 13 | 109 | 89 | 416 |
(b) Lung and bronchus. The following tables give details of the deaths and
death rates from cancer of the lung and bronchus since 1946:-