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Hackney 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Statistics relating to all cancer deaths in Hackney over the past 25
years are as follows:-
Year
Estimated
population
Age groups
Total
deaths
Death rate
per 1,000
population
Under
1
1-
4
5-
14
15-
44
45-
64
65 &
over
TEN
YEARS
1935
210,600
-
-
1
27
162
167
357
1.70
1936
209,100
1
-
-
26
131
194
352
1.68
1937
206,700
-
1
1
23
142
180
347
1.68
1938
205,200
-
1
-
23
133
171
328
1.60
1939
195,300
-
2
-
26
133
183
344
1.76
1940
168,290
-
-
1
31.
131
148
311
1.85
1941
123,720
-
-
2
18
118
112
250
2.02
1942
131,200
-
-
2
19
131
141
293
2.23
1943
136,270
-
1
-
23
105
165
294
2.16
1944
135,540
-
-
-
22
116
156
294
2.17
Totals
1
5
7
238
1,302
1,617
3, 170
1.88 (av.)
TEN
YEARS
1945
140,570
-
-
1
18
127
164
310
2.21
1946
166,560
-
1
-
23
126
199
349
2.10
1947
174, 240
-
-
-
33
125
154
312
1.80
1948
172, 900
-
-
-
22
156
185
363
2.10
1949
173, 020
-
-
-
23
132
179
334
1.93
1950
172,100
-
2
-
27
149
168
346
2.01
1951
170,800
-
2
1
28
136
211
378
2.21
1952
171,000
-
2
2
33
144
214
395
2.31
1953
169,600
1
-
2
29
131
181
344
2.03
1954
168,600
-
-
-
20
141
223
384
2.28
Totals
1
7
6
256
1,367
1,878
3,515
2.10 (av.)
FIVE
YEARS
1955
167,200
1
1
1
20
143
202
368
2.20
1956
165,800
1
-
1
26
148
205
381
2.30
1957
165,000
-
2
-
27
183
204
416
2.52
1958
163,400
-
-
2
25
141
189
357
2.18
1959
163, 200
-
-
-
24
137
233
394
2.41
Totals
2
3
4
122
752
1,033
1,916
2.32 (av.)
Deaths of Hackney residents from various causes and in different age
groups are shown in the tables on pages 1 and 2 of the Appendix.
Statistics relating to births and deaths in Hackney, the County of
London and England and Wales, for the years 1935-59, are set out on page 3
of the Appendix.