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MATERNAL MORTALITY There were three deaths from causes associated with
pregnancy or childbirth, certified as follows -
Age Cause of Death
21 Toxaemia due to infected abortion (Open verdict).
34 Toxaemia due to infected abortion. (Defendant
convicted of manslaughter).
38 Acute cardiac failure due to post partum haemorrhage
due to endocervical tear.
The maternal mortality rates for Hackney and England and Wales in the
last five years were:-
1963 1962 1961 1960 1959
Hackney 0.74 1.30 0,05 0.91 1.24
Bigland and Wales 0,28 0.35 0 33 0.39 0 38
GASTRITIS, ENTERITIS AND DIARRHOEA. The age and sex distribution of the
seven persons certified as having died from these causes were:-
Age Groups Males Females Total
Under 1 year 1 - 1
1-5 years 1-1
55 - 64 years - 1 1
65-74 years - 2 2
75 years and over 1 1 2
3 4
OTHER INFECTIVE AND PARASITIC DISEASES. There were no male deaths but four
female deaths occurred in the following age groups;-
Age Groups Males Females
Under 1 year - 1
1-4 years - 1
35 - 44 years - 1
75 years and over - 1
LEUKAEMIA. The age and sex distribution of the eleven persons certified as
having died from leukaemia were -
Age Groups Males Females Total
25 - 34 years - 1 1
35 - 44 years 1 - 1
55 - 64 years 12 3
65 - 74 years 12 3
75 years and over 1 2 3
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INFLUENZA, There were three deaths associated with influenza, one male and
two females, all within the age group 55-64 years.
SUICIDE There were twenty-one cases of suicide, fourteen men and seven
women in the following age groups:-