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Stepney 1903

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Table: TABLE IV.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during year 1903.

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TABLE IV.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during year 1903.

Causes of Death.	Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages.							Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all Ages).				Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.
Causes of Death.	All ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 65	65 and upwards.	Lime-house.	St. George's	Mile End.	White-chapel.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Small Pox	3	...	...	...	...	2	1	...	2	...	1	1
Measles	162	49	111	2	...	...	...	42	39	48	33	20
Scarlet fever	18	2	12	4	...	...	...	1	3	6	8	1
Whooping-cough	105	47	57	1	...	...	......	20	25	34	26	15
Diphtheria and membranous croup	58	6	43	9	...	...	...	8	7	26	17	27
Croup	4	...	4	...	...	...	...	1	...	1	2
Fever ^Enteric	27	...	...	4	13	10	...	7	7	11	2	20
Other continued	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Epidemic influenza	39	2	...	1	1	25	10	12	11	9	7	11
Cholera	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Diarrhoea	272	214	53	...	...	1	4	56	76	98	42	118
Enteritis	124	94	14	...	1	15	...	22	23	33	46	30
Puerperal fever	9	...	...	...	6	3	...	4	3	...	2	9
Erysipelas	17	5	1	1	...	9	1	2	5	6	4	8
Other septic diseases	51	10	11	8	4	14	4	10	3	23	15	109
Phthisis	627	1	3	10	79	512	22	123	122	189	193	268
Other tubercular diseases	195	65	98	18	2	11	1	52	37	61	45	158
Cancer, malignant diseases	223	...	...	...	...	160	63	65	33	75	50	157
Bronchitis	440	101	31	7	1	154	146	81	93	151	115	148
Pneumonia	583	203	204	7	14	118	37	111	106	197	169	324
Pleurisy	12	...	...	2	1	7	2	3	1	3	5	5
Other diseases of Respiratory organs	36	7	8	1	2	13	5	3	7	16	10	33
Alcoholism	76	...	...	...	...	68	8	21	14	23	18	43
Cirrhosis of Liver	76	...	...	...	...	68	8	21	14	23	18	43
Venereal diseases	31	20	2	...	1	7	1	3	5	8	15	17
Premature birth	174	174	...	...	...	...	...	35	28	77	34	20
Diseases and accidents of parturition	118	98	4	...	2	14	...	4	8	15	6	16
Heart diseases	437	9	6	21	41	251	109	83	76	147	131	241
Accidents	224	68	35	12	10	74	25	53	41	81	49	139
Suicides	22	...	...	...	1	20	1	5	2	5	10	12
Rheumatic fever	10	...	1	2	1	5	1	3	3	4	...	2
Convulsive diseases, as hydrocephalus, infantile menengitis, convulsions and teething	242	184	56	2	...	...	...	50	45	87	60	55
Wasting diseases, as marasmus, atrophy, debility, want of breast milk, etc.	180	160	11	...	...	...	...	65	54	85	61	90
Old age	202	...	...	...	...	2	200	50	22	84	46	63
All other causes	716	71	40	25	37	377	166	153	119	273	171	684
All causes	5437	1599	805	137	217	1872	807	1148	1020	1876	1393	2844