London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Cause of death in age groups | 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 & over | |||||
| Other malignant | M | 81 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 13 |
| neoplasms | F | 65 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 18 |
| Benign and unspecified neoplaans | M | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Diabetes | M | 14 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| mellitus | F | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 8 | 13 |
| Other endocrine etc. diseases | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| F | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Anaemias | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| F | 9 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Other diseases of blood etc. | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Mental disorders | M | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | |
| Avitajninoses etc. | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Meningitis | M | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Multiple | M | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Sclerosis | F | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Other diseases of nervous system | M | 12 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| F | 15 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 8 | |
| Chronic rheumatic heart disease | M | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| F | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | |
| Hypertensive | M | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| disease | F | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Ischaemic heart | M | 368 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 35 | 93 | 134 | 95 |
| disease | F | 262 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 19 | 77 | 160 |
| Other forms of heart disease | M | 44 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 |
| F | 61 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 48 | |
| Cerebrovascular disease | M | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 28 |
| F | 195 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 12 | 15 | 42 | 123 | |
| Other diseases of circulatory system | M | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 23 | 21 |
| F | 80 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 6 | 15 | 56 | |
| Influenza | M | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| Pneumonia | M | 136 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 90 |
| F | 213 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 156 | |
| Bronchitis and Emphysema | M | 144 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 30 | 48 | 60 |
| F | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 7 | 26 | |