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Homicide. Pour deaths were placed in this classification as follows:-
Age groups
Males
Females
Total
Under 1 year
-
1
1
1-4 years
2
-
2
45 64 years
1
-
1
3
1
4
The three children died of carbon monoxide poisoning, due to inhalation
of domestic gas there was a verdict of murder against the mother, who took
her own life at the same time.
The cause of death, following an inquest, in the case of the adult male
was given as coronary occlusion and atherosclerosis, precipitated by hurts he
received, and the verdict was manslaughter.
Coronary disease, angina pectoris. Deaths classified under this cause
group totalled 320 or 16.76 per cent of the total deaths for the year.. There
were 304 deaths from this disease in 1958 and 288 in 1957.
Comparative death rates per 1,000 population over the last ten years are as follows:-
Year
Hackney
County 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
1958
1.86
1.84
1.86
1959
1.96
1.89
1.87
ACCIDENTS
Motor vehicle. The 19 lives lost as a result of motor vehicle accidents
fell into the following age and sex groups:-
Age groups
Males
Females
Total
Under 1 year
-
-
-
1-4 years
1
1
2
5-14 years
1
-
1
15-24 years
4
1
5
25 44 years
1
1
2
45-64 years
3
-
3
65 74 years
2
1
3
75 years and upwards
3
-
3
15
4
19