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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 1958
[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 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| F | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 16 | |
| Other heart disease | M | 73 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 15 | 14 | 42 |
| F | 140 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 11 | 28 | 96 | |
| Other circulatory disease | M | 40 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 |
| F | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | 16 | 32 | |
| Influenza | M | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | M | 42 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 |
| F | 38 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | 4 | 11 | 19 | |
| Bronchitis | M | 116 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 24 | 47 | 42 |
| F | 52 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 16 | 29 | |
| Other Diseases of respiratory system | M | 10 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| F | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | M | 18 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| F | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | M | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 7 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | M | 9 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Hyperplasia of Prostate | M | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Pregnancy childbirth, abortion | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Congenital malformations | M | 8 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| F | 8 | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | M | 54 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 |
| F | 64 | 14 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 18 | 25 | |
| Motor vehicle accidents | M | 9 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| F | 11 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| All other accidents | M | 17 | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | - |
| F | 14 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
| Suicide | M | 9 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - |
| F | 15 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 11 | 2 | - | |
| Homicide and operations of war. | M | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total all causes | M | 920 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 258 | 282 | 286 |
| F | 871 | 24 | - | 8 | 5 | 29 | 164 | 255 | 386 |