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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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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Chicken Pox | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Measles | 13 | 33 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 51 |
Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 7 |
Whooping Cough | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
Diphtheria and all deaths from Croup (except "spasmodic" "false" "stridulous" and "Catarrhal") | 1 | 6 | 11 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32 |
influenza | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Erysipelas | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 13 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Anthrax | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Head Poisoning | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 70 | 82 | 15 | 216 |
Tuberculous Meningitis (Acute Hydrocephalus) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 14 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | 11 |
Rheumatic Fever | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 |
Cancer, malignant disease (Sarcoma, Rodent Ulcer, etc.) | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 30 | 146 | 141 | 326 |
Bronchitis | 11 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 43 | 109 | 170 |
Broncho-Pneumonia | 67 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 45 | 185 |
Pneumonia (all other forms) | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 29 | 27 | 101 |
Other diseases of Respiratory Organs | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 9 | 6 | 19 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis (all deaths from Diarrhoea, except those secondary to some well defined disease) | 62 | 9 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 75 |
Appendicitis and Typhlitis | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 32 |
Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens, acute and chronic alcoholism (but not those from organic disease due to alcoholism) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Cirrhosis of Liver | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 48 | 117 |
Puerperal Fever (Pyæmia, Septicaemia, Sapræmia, Pelvic Peritonitis, Peri- and EndoMetritis occurring in the Puerperium) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 3 |
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | 6 |
Congenital Debility and Malformation, includ ing Premature Birth, Atrophy, Marasmus, want of Breast Milk, but not from Atelectasis | 99 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 101 |
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 7 | ... | 7 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 111 |
Suicides | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 22 |
Heart Disease | 1 | 2 | ... | 8 | 21 | 36 | 159 | 291 | 518 |
Old Age | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 111 | 113 |
Other Defined Diseases | 23 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 43 | 152 | 137 | 405 |
Diseases ill-defined or unknown | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Atelectasis | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 |
Total | 322 | 98 | 60 | 88 | 135 | 266 | 776 | 971 | 2,716 |