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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

Stepney 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: Causes of, and Ages at Death during the Year, 1923.Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.

Causes of, and Ages at Death during the Year, 1923.

Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.

Causes of Death.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 and upwards.All Ages.
Enteric Fever...........................
Small Pox...........................
Measles2625111............63
Scarlet Fever...32...1.........6
Whooping Cough755...............17
Diphtheria and all deaths from Croup (except "spasmodic" "False" "stridulous" and "catarrhal")151372.........28
Influenza......1214111534
Erysipelas..................2...2
Cerebro-Spinal Fever...........................
Typhus Fever...........................
Continued Fever...........................
Dysentery...........................
Glanders...........................
Anthrax...........................
Lead Poisoning...........................
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)......16491088219265
Tuberculous Meningitis (Acute Hydrocephalus)186521......23
Other Tuberculous Diseases523...556228
Rheumatic Fever.........1............1
Cancer, malignant disease (Sarcoma, Rodent Ulcer, etc.).........2343159113320
Bronchitis5321214127165319
Broncho-Pneumonia5020933112748174
Pneumonia (all other forms)167839216436164
Other diseases of Respiratory Organs......21...55316
Diarrhoea and Enteritis (all deaths from Diarrhoea, except those secondary to some well defined disease)6510..................75
Appendicitis and Typhlitis.........6523117
Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens, acute and chronic alcoholism (but not those from organic disease due to alcoholism)...........................
Cirrhosis of Liver...............2439
Nephritis and Bright's Disease.........116363276