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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 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Maternal mortality There were three deaths from causes associated with
pregnancy or childbirth, certified as follows:-
Age Cause of Death
32 Toxaemia of pregnancy
38 Acute left ventricular failure due to obstructed labour
(disproportionate and large) Operation Caesarean section
39 Renal failure due to septic abortion (Natural).

Table: The maternal mortality rates for Hackney and England and Wales in the last five years were -

The maternal mortality rates for Hackney and England and Wales in the last five years were -

19601959195819571956
Hackney0.911.24Nil0.370.40
England and Wales0. 390.380.430.470.56

Table: Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea.The age and sex distribution of the two persons certified as having died from these causes were:-

Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea.The age and sex distribution of the two persons certified as having died from these causes were:-

Age GroupsMalesFemalesTotal
65-74 years-11
75 years and upwards-11
-22

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Other infective and parasitic diseases Two deaths were classified under
this group:-
Male - 73 years Heart failure due to acute or chronic
bronchitis. Virus hepatitis.
Female - 82 years Broncho pneumonia due to fibrosis of liver
(approx.) due to old infective hepatitis. Senility.
Leukaemia Details of the seven male and nine female deaths classified under
this group are as follows:-
Males - 35 years Acute leukaemia.
69 years Chronic leukaemia. Cardiac failure.
74 years Chronic lymphatic leukaemia.
75 years Subdural haemorrhage due to purpura.
Myeloid leukaemia.
77 years Chronic lymphatic leukaemia.
79 years Chronic myelocytic leukaemia.
86 years Chronic lymphatic leukaemia.
Females - 2 years Leukaemia. Pneumonia.
3 years Spinal haemorrhage due to acute leukaemia.
47 years Acute lymphatic leukaemia.
63 years Cerebral haemorrhage. Acute myeloid
leukaemia.
69 years Broncho pneumonia. Chronic myeloid
leukaemia.
71 years Acute monocytic leukaemia.
71 years Chronic lymphatic leukaemia.
75 years Broncho pneumonia. Chronic lymphatic
leukaemia.
90 years Chronic lymphatic leukaemia. Chronic
bronchitis and emphysema.