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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Causes of death | Sex | All ages | Under 1 year | 1- 4 | 5-14 | 15- 24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65-74 | 75- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | M | 10 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis, other forms | M | 1 | - | . | . | . | - | - | 1 | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Syphilitic disease | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| P | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Diphtheria | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Whooping Cough | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Meningococcal Infection | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| P | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Measles | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 6 | 4 |
| F | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 10 | 8 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | M | 85 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 44 | 26 | 12 |
| F | 12 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, breast | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 40 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 17 | 9 | 12 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | . | - |
| F | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 4 | 2 | |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M | 96 | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 38 | 23 | 26 |
| F | 104 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 34 | 34 | 29 | |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Diabetes | M | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 16 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | |
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | M | 57 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 23 | 23 |
| F | 114 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 18 | 37 | 57 | |
| Coronary disease, angina | M | 230 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 87 | 78 | 56 |
| F | 162 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 24 | 52 | 85 | |
| Hypertension with heart disease | M | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 |
| F | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 9 | |
| Other heart disease | M | 58 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 8 | 9 | 36 |
| F | 127 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 15 | 18 | 90 |