Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Causes of, and Ages at Death during the Year.
Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.
Causes of Death | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 |
Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Measles | 11 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 41 |
Scarlet Fever | 2 | 4 | 14 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 23 |
Whooping Cough | 8 | 12 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24 |
Diphtheria and all deaths from Croup (except "spasmodic" "False" " stridulous " and " catarrhal") | 6 | 16 | 31 | 32 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 87 |
Influenza | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 42 |
Erysipelas | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 4 |
Cerebro- Spinal Fever | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Anthrax | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Lead Poisoning | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 53 | 123 | 105 | 15 | 299 |
Tuberculous Meningitis (Acute Hydrocephalus) | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 31 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
Rheumatic Fever | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
Cancer, malignant disease (Sarcoma, Rodent Ulcer, etc.) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30 | 139 | 94 | 263 |
Bronchitis | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | 16 | 114 | 189 | 345 |
Broncho-Pneumonia | 68 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 29 | 195 |
Pneumonia (all other forms) | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 71 | 32 | 193 |
Other diseases of Respiratory Organs | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis (all deaths from Diarrhoea, except those secondary to some well defined disease) | 143 | 27 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | 180 |
Appendicitis and Typhlitis | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 27 |
Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens, acute and chronic alcoholism (but not those from organic disease due to alcoholism) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 |
Cirrhosis of Liver | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 47 | 21 | 86 |
Puerperal Fever ( Pyaemia, Septicaemia, Saprasmia, Pelvic Peritonitis,Peri- and Endo-Metritis occurring in the Puerperium) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 1 | ... | 8 |
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 15 |
Congenital Debility and Malformation, includ ing Premature Birth, Atrophy, Marasmus, want of Breast Milk, but not from Atelectasis | 210 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 210 |
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 11 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 25 | 106 |
Suicides | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 28 |
Heart Disease | 1 | 1 | ... | 9 | 16 | 39 | 122 | 126 | 314 |
Old Age | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 150 | 151 |
Other Defined Diseases | 36 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 16 | 81 | 174 | 147 | 496 |
Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 3 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Acute Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Polio Encephalitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Total | 550 | 161 | 111 | 126 | 131 | 412 | 878 | 875 | 3,244 |
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