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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 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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TABLE IV—Causes of, and Ags at, Death during Year 1901.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in or ??? to whole District at ??? Ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all Ages). | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. 1 | ???and ???Unde 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Lime-house. | Mile End. | St. George. | White-chapel. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
| Small Pox | 22 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | ... | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| Measles | 155 | 46 | 107 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 29 | 52 | 44 | 30 | |
| Scarlet fever | 41 | 3 | 34 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 13 | 3 | 16 | |
| Whooping-cough | 91 | 44 | 45 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 27 | 25 | 16 | 23 | |
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 78 | 16 | 46 | 16 | ... | ... | ... | 27 | 23 | 17 | 11 | |
| Croup | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Fever | Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric | 47 | ... | 3 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 6 | |
| Other continued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Epidemic influenza | 42 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 23 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 12 | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diarrhœa | 247 | 203 | 33 | ... | ... | 6 | 5 | 63 | 77 | 54 | 53 | |
| Enteritis | 192 | 150 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 45 | 42 | 56 | 49 | |
| Puerperal fever | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 6 | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Erysipelas | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Other septic diseases | 41 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 14 | |
| Phthisis | 626 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 72 | 519 | 23 | 125 | 186 | 107 | 208 | |
| Other tubercular diseases | 239 | 84 | 103 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 60 | 73 | 54 | 52 | |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 211 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 131 | 78 | 45 | 80 | 30 | 56 | |
| Bronchitis | 581 | 134 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 208 | 175 | 107 | 193 | 137 | 144 | |
| Pneumonia | 633 | 190 | 193 | 7 | 16 | 182 | 45 | 135 | 196 | 118 | 184 | |
| Pleurisy | 14 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 62 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 11 | |
| AlcoholismCirrhosis of liver | 100 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 89 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 6 | 30 | |
| Venereal diseases | 16 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Premature birth | 178 | 178 | ... | ... | ... | 17 | ... | 35 | 82 | 32 | 29 | |
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | 24 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 17 | ... | 5 | 10 | 1 | 8 | |
| Heart diseases | 481 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 28 | 278 | 118 | 116 | 176 | 54 | 135 | |
| Accidents | 238 | 70 | 33 | 20 | 13 | 77 | 25 | 56 | 82 | 48 | 52 | |
| Suicides | 22 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 4 | |
| Rheumatic fever | 12 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Convulsive diseases, &c. | 348 | 257 | 86 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 78 | 120 | 79 | 71 | |
| Wasting diseases | 355 | 332 | 23 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 91 | 131 | 65 | 68 | |
| Old age | 345 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 343 | 102 | 160 | 33 | 50 | |
| All other causes | 752 | 54 | 34 | 32 | 41 | 433 | 158 | 182 | 282 | 112 | 176 | |
| AH causes | 6217 | 1817 | 856 | 200 | 222 | 2081 | 1041 | 1427 | 2139 | 1129 | 1522 | |