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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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CAUSES OF DEATH IN AGE GROUPS
| Cause of death | Sex | Total all Ages | Under 4 Weeks | 4 Weeks and under 1 year | Age in years | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - 4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25 - 34 | 35 - 44 | 45 - 54 | 55-64 | 65 - 74 | 75 and over | |||||
| Tuberculosis, Respiratory | M | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Tuberculosis, Other | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Syphilitic Disease | M | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Meningococcal Infections | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | M | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach | M | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 9 |
| F | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus | M | 164 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 13 | 68 | 58 | 22 |
| F | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 6 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Breast | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 14 | |
| Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus | F | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neoplasms | M | 125 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 29 | 42 |
| F | 120 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 11 | 19 | 34 | 53 | |
| Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | M | 11 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 7 | - |
| F | 11 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| Diabetes | M | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| F | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
| Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | M | 120 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 26 | 44 | 45 |
| F | 175 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 116 | |
| Coronary Disease, Angina | M | 357 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 12 | 38 | 97 | 119 | 90 |
| F | 239 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 37 | 61 | 131 | |
| Hypertension with Heart Disease | M | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| F | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 9 | |
| Other Heart Disease | M | 73 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 31 |
| F | 112 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 65 | |
| Other Circulatory Disease | M | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 33 |
| F | 86 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 64 | |
| Influenza | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Pneumonia | M | 94 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 19 | 58 |
| F | 120 | 4 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 14 | 92 | |
| Bronchitis | M | 112 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 18 | 47 | 38 |
| F | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 14 | 34 | |
| Other Diseases of Respiratory System | M | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| F | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | |
| Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | M | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| F | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | |
| Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| F | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 5 | 5 | |
| Nephritis and Nephrosis | M | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - |
| F | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Hyperplasia of Prostate | M | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion | F | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital Malformations | M | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
| F | 6 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other Defined and Ill-defined Diseases | M | 98 | 35 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 24 |
| F | 130 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 50 | |
| Motor Vehicle Accidents | M | 18 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 |
| F | 9 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 4 | |
| All other Accidents | M | 31 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 22 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | |
| Suicide | M | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| F | 17 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Homicide and Operations of War | M | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| F | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Total all Causes | M | 1,402 | 48 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 47 | 95 | 310 | 405 | 427 |
| F | 1,303 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 68 | 149 | 283 | 690 | |
| Total | 2,705 | 80 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 26 | 27 | 81 | 163 | 459 | 688 | 1,117 | |