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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Causes of Death | Sex | All Ages | Under 1 year | 1-U | 5-44 | 15- 24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65-74 | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypertension with heart disease | M | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| F | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 7 | |
| Other heart disease | M | 74 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 10 | 14 | 46 |
| F | 158 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 15 | 22 | 118 | |
| Other circulatory disease | M | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 13 | 12 |
| F | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 8 | 30 | |
| Influenza | M | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 |
| F | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 5 | |
| Pneumonia | M | 60 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 25 |
| F | 55 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 13 | 33 | |
| Bronchitis | M | 135 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 26 | 43 | 65 |
| F | 52 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 12 | 33 | |
| Other Diseases of respiratory system | M | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | M | 12 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| F | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | |
| Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | M | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | M | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 14 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Hyperplasia of Prostate | M | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Pregnancy, childbirth, Abortion | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | |
| Congenital malformations | M | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| F | 8 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Other defined and ill-defined diseases | M | 65 | 21 | 3 | 1 | - | 6 | 7 | 9 | 18 |
| F | 73 | 19 | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 13 | 30 | |
| Motor vehicle accidents | M | 15 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| F | 4 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| All other accidents | M | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| F | 13 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | |
| Suicide | M | 16 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| F | 9 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 2 | - | |
| Homicide and operations of war | M | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| F | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total all causes | M | 970 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 44 | 267 | 274 | 329 |
| F | 939 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 159 | 234 | 473 |