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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 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: Table 1.TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS - 1959. (Registrar-General's Return)

Table 1.

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS - 1959. (Registrar-General's Return)

CAUSE OF DEATHALL AGESAge Groups
TotalMF-11-5-15-25-45-65-75-
1.Tuberculosis - Respiratory17134----3635
2.„ -Other-----------
3.Syphilitic Disease651----1311
4.Diphtheria-----------
5.Whooping Cough-----------
6.Meningococcal Infection-----------
7.Acute Poliomyelitis-----------
8.Measles-----------
9.Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases312-----2-1
10.Malignant Neoplasm - Stomach301515----171111
11." " - Lung, Bronchus77689----439277
12.„ „ - Breast18-18----1836
13.„ " - Uterus7-7----421-
14.„ „ - Other1095950----6353335
15.Leukaemia, Aleukaemia11------1--
16.Diabetes1019-----523
17.Vascular Lesions of Nervous System1306070---14244259
18.Coronary Disease, Angina17311756---14496158
19.Hypertension with Heart Disease381127-----31124
20.Other Heart Disease1145361----1212666
21.Other Circulatory Diseases553025----291529
22.Influenza22166-----4108
23.Pneumonia8951386---1212041
24.Bronchitis137109282---1264662
25.Other Diseases of Respiratory System1111-----1-55
26.Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum17125_----755
27.Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea5-5----212
28.Nephritis and Nephrosis844--1--322