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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Males | Females | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Tuberculosis, respiratory | 7 | 1 | 8 |
Tuberculosis, other forms | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Syphilitic disease | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Diphtheria | - | - | - |
ttiooping Cbugh | - | - | - |
Meningococcal infection | 1 | - | 1 |
Acute poliomyelitis | - | - | - |
Measles | - | - | - |
Other infective and parasitic diseases | - | 4 | 4 |
Malignant neoplaan, stomach | 29 | 33 | 62 |
Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | 97 | 10 | 107 |
Malignant neoplasm, breast | - | 56 | 56 |
Malignant neoplaan, uterus | - | 11 | 11 |
Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | 86 | 100 | 186 |
Leukaemia, aleukaemia | 4 | 7 | 11 |
Diabetes | 6 | 14 | 20 |
Vascular lesions of nervous systems | 60 | 128 | 188 |
Coronary disease, angina | 252 | 155 | 407 |
Hypertension with heart disease | 10 | 17 | 27 |
Other heart disease | 55 | 85 | 140 |
Other circulatory disease | 63 | 111 | 174 |
Influenza | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Pneumoni a | 54 | 51 | 105 |
Bronchi ti s | 131 | 80 | 211 |
Other diseases of respiratory system | 4 | 11 | 15 |
Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 13 | 2 | 15 |
Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Nephritis and nqjhrosis | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Hyperplasia of prostate | 6 | - | 6 |
Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | - | 3 | 3 |
Congenital malformations | 13 | 16 | 29 |
Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 70 | 73 | 143 |
Motor vehicle accidents | 9 | 6 | 15 |
All other accidents | 14 | 19 | 33 |
Suicide | 14 | 7 | 2.1 |
Homicide, etc | 1 | - | 1 |
1,008 | 1,014 | 2,022 |
Males | Females | Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Under 4 weeks | 39 | 28 | 67 |
4 weeks and under 1 year | 19 | 17 | 36 |
1 - 4 years | 8 | 3 | 11 |
5-14 years | 4 | 4 | 8 |
15- 24 years | 15 | 6 | 21 |
25 - 34 years | 5 | 5 | 10 |
35- 44 years | 25 | 17 | 42 |
45 - 54 years | 83 | 54 | 137 |
55 - 64 years | 205 | 156 | 361 |
65 - 74 years | 293 | 233 | 526 |
75 years and over | 312 | 491 | 803 |
1. 008 | 1,014 | 2,022 |
Infant Mortality, There were 103 deaths of children under one year, giving
an infant mortality rate of 25 68 per thousand live births, as compared with
a rate of 21.8 for the County of London and 21.1 for England and Wales.
Comparable infant mortality figures for Hackney. London and England and Wales
for the last five years -
1963 1962 1961 1960 1959
Hackney 25.68 20.14 23.05 15 43 20 61
London 21.8 21,1 21.5 21.6 22,3
Ehgland and Wales 21.1 21.6 21.6 21 9 22 2