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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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APPEND I X
CAUSES OF DEATH IN AGE GROUPS OF HACKNEY RESIDENTS
| Causes of death | Sex | All ages | Under 4 week s | u week and under 1 year | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75 and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis, respiratory | M | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Tuberculosis, other forms | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Syphilitic disease | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | |
| Diphtheria | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Whooping Cough | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Meningococcal infection | M | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||
| Malignant neoplasm, stomach | M | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| F | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, lung, bronchus | M | 97 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | 32 | 33 | 19 |
| F | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| Malignant neopla&m, breast | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 12 | |
| Malignant neoplasm, uterus | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | . | - | . | - | - |
| F | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | M | 86 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 10 | 24 | 27 | 21 |
| F | 100 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 24 | |
| Leukaemia, aleukaemia | M | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Diabetes | M | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| F | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Vascular lesions of nervous system | M | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 21 | 28 |
| F | 128 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 15 | 31 | 76 | |
| Coronary disease, angina | M | 252 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 31 | 64 | 85 | 64 |
| F | 155 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 28 | 48 | 73 | |
| Hypertension with heart disease | M | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| F | 17 | - | -- | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Other heart disease | M | 55 | . | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 28 |
| F | 85 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 50 |