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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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HOMICIDE AND OPERATIONS OF WAR Details of the one death classified under
this heading is as follows:-
Age Cause of Death
Male 32 Extradural haematoma due to fractured skull. Defendant
convicted of manslaughter.
CORONARY DISEASE ANGINA PECTORIS. Deaths classified under this cause group totalled 407 or 20.13 per cent of the total deaths for the year. There were 392 deaths from this disease in 1962 and 317 in 1961. Comparative death rates per 1,000 population over the last ten years are as follows:-
| 1955 | 1.66 | 1.57 | 1. 59 |
| 1956 | 1.90 | 1.70 | 1 67 |
| 1957 | 1.74 | 1.70 | 1.70 |
| 1958 | 1.86 | 1.84 | 1.86 |
| 1959 | 1.96 | 1.89 | 1.87 |
| 1960 | 2.11 | 2.02 | 2 01 |
| 1961 | 1.94 | 2.05 | 2.07 |
| 1962 | 2.26 | 2.20 | |
| 1963 | 2. 49 | 2. 36 | 2. 29 |
MOTOR VEHICLE. The 15 lives lost as a result of motor vehicle accidents fell into the following age and sex groups:-
| Males | Females | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 - 24 years | 5 | - | 5 |
| 55 - 64 years | 2 | - | 2 |
| 65 - 74 years | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 75 years and upwards | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 6 | 15 |
ALL OTHER ACCIDENTS. Apart from accidents due to motor vehicles. 33 deaths (25 in previous year) are recorded in the Registrar General s statistics under the classification all other accidents:-
| Males | Females | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 4 weeks | - | 1 | 1 |
| 1-4 years | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 - 24 years | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 - 34 years | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 35 - 44 years | 1 | - | 1 |
| 45 - 54 years | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 55 - 64 years | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 65 - 74 years | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 75 years and upwards | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 14 | 19 | 33 |