Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Year | Hackney | County of London | England & Wales |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | 0.39 | 0.43 | 0.28 |
1951 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.30 |
1952 | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.32 |
1953 | 0.54 | 0.51 | 0.34 |
1954 | 0.51 | 0.54 | 0.37 |
1955 | 0.45 | 0.57 | 0.39 |
1956 | 0.51 | 0.58 | 0.41 |
1957 | 0.68 | 0.61 | 0.43 |
1958 | 0.60 | 0.64 | 0.44 |
1959 | 0.61 | 0.64 | 0.46 |
1960 | 0. 58 | 0.70 | 0.48 |
1961 | 0.59 | 0.67 | 0.49 |
Statistics relating to all cancer deaths in Hackney over the past 25 years are as follows:-
Year | Estina ted 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 | 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 | |
1945 | 140,570 | - | - | 1 | 18 | 127 | 164 | 310 | 2. 21 | |
1946 | 166,560 | 1 | - | 23 | 126 | 199 | 349 | 2, 10 | ||
Totals | - | 6 | 7 | 226 | 1,262 | 1,619 | 3,20 | 1. 98 Av. | ||
TEN YEARS | 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 | |
1955 | 167,200 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 143 | 202 | 368 | 2.20 | |
1956 | 165,800 | 1 | - | 1 | 26 | 148 | 205 | 381 | 2.30 | |
Totals | 3 | 7 | 7 | 261 | 1,405 | 1,922 | 3,605 | 2.12 Av, | ||
FIVE YEARS | 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 | |
1960 | 163,050 | - | 1 | - | 21 | 145 | 223 | 390 | 2.39 | |
1961 | 163,180 | - | - | - | 19 | 168 | 221 | 408 | 2.50 | |
Totals | - | 3 | 2 | 116 | 774 | 1,070 | 1,965 | 2.40 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 1937 61 are set out on page 3 of the
Appendix