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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Table 1 (contd.)
CAUSES OF DEATH | ALL AGES | Age Groups | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | M | F | -1 | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- | |
27. Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
28. Nephritis and Nephrosis | 10 | 6 | 4 | – | – | — | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 |
29. Hyperplasia of Prostate | 6 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 |
30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — |
31. Congenital Malformations | 14 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
32. Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 88 | 42 | 46 | 24 | 1 | – | 1 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 20 |
33. Motor Vehicle Accidents | 9 | 6 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | 3 | 2 |
34. All other accidents | 40 | 26 | 14 | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 12 |
35. Suicide | 6 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 2 | – |
36. Homicide and operations of war | 1 | – | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Males | 678 | – | 25 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 186 | 192 | 221 | |
Females | _ | 508 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 106 | 136 | 208 | |
GRAND TOTAL: | 1186 | 43 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 63 | 292 | 328 | 429 |
Table 2.
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ROAD ACCIDENTS IN THE BOROUGH
YEAR | Children Under 7 years | Children 7-14 years | Adults | TOTALS | |||||||||
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Killed | Injured | Killed | Injured | Killed | injured | Killed | Injured | ||||||
1951 | – | 49 | – | 51 | 10 | 525 | 10 | 625 | |||||
1952 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 54 | 7 | 521 | 9 | 620 | |||||
1953 | 1 | 47 | — | 53 | 5 | 563 | 6 | 663 | |||||
1954 | No | statistics | available. | ||||||||||
1955 | — | 70 | — | 56 | 7 | 726 | 7 | 852 | |||||
1956 | – | 58 | — | 60 | 4 | 742 | 4 | 860 | |||||
1956 | Pedestrians | Motor Cyclists | Pedal Cyclists | Drivers | Other Road Users | TOTAL | |||||||
killed | 3 | — | 1 | – | — | 4 | |||||||
Injured | 316 | 91 | 136 | 97 | 220 | 860 |