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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of all deaths from the disease in Stepney during 1931.
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 0 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | .1 | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | — | 4 | 18 | 10 | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| 10 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| 15 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | 23 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | 40 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | 44 | 21 | — | 2 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| 45 | 51 | 16 | 3 | — | 27 | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| 55 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 4 | - |
| 65 and upwards | 12 | 6 | 1 | — | 19 | 8 | — | 1 |
| Totals | 231 | 154 | 60 | 39 | 140 | 86 | 20 | 8 |
New Cases
of Tuberculosis
and
Mortality.
Of the 484 new cases of Tuberculosis notified during the year:—
82 are of no occupation, 53 are engaged in tailoring, 68 are housewives,
37 are labourers, 12 are engaged in dressmaking, 20 are seamen,
12 are clerks, 11 are dock labourers, 3 are carmen, 4 are engaged in
boot making, 7 are hawkers, 5 are furriers, 5 are hairdressers, 9 are
shop assistants, 2 are waitresses, 2 are cabinet makers, 4 are messengers,
8 are charwomen, 4 are nurses, 5 are motor drivers, 1 is a laundress,
3 are barmen, 3 are porters, 3 are milliners, 8 are warehousemen, and
the remainder are engaged in miscellaneous occupations.
26 are children under 5 years, and 52 are between 5 and 15 years
of age.
Incidence of
Tuberculosis
in various
occupations,
Of the 254 deaths from Tuberculosis that occurred during the year:—
36 were housewives, 24 were engaged in tailoring, 20 were labourers, 16
were infants, 13 were of no occupation, 11 widows, 10 were seamen, 12 were
dock labourers, 7 were clerks, 5 were carmen, 5 were shop-assistants, 5 were
engaged in bootmaking, 5 were dressmakers, 5 were porters, 4 were machinists,
4 were typists, -J were street traders, 4 were cigarette makers, 4 were furriers'
dressers, 4 were motor lorry drivers, 3 were hairdressers, 3 were cabinet makers,
and the remainder were engagd in miscellaneous occupations.
Mortality
from Tuberculosis
in
various
occupations.