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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 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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TABLE IV.— Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1902.
| Causes op Death. | Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all Ages). | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | Lime-house. | St. George's | Mile End. | White-chapel. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
| Small Pox | 252 | 18 | 39 | 32 | 36 | 120 | 7 | 35 | 20 | 103 | 94 | |
| Measles | 158 | 50 | 107 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 41 | 28 | 45 | 44 | |
| Scarlet fever | 26 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | 1 | 10 | 8 | |
| Whooping-cough | 188 | 84 | 104 | ... | ... | ... | 52 | 24 | 85 | 27 | ||
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 79 | 9 | 54 | 15 | ... | 1 | ... | 16 | 19 | 26 | 18 | |
| Croup | 2 | I | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | |
| Fever- | Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | l6 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric | 33 | ... | 2 | 7 | ... | 7 | 3 | 9 | 4 | |||
| Other continued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Epidemic influenza | 59 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 29 | 11 | 13 | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Plague | ... | 96 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diarrhoea | 117 | 13 | ... | 1 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 37 | 39 | 11 | ||
| Enteritis | 188 | 152 | 22 | 1 | ... | 11 | 2 | 39 | 54 | 54 | 41 | |
| Puerperal fever | 14 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 10 | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | 8 | |
| Erysipelas | 19 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | |
| Other septic diseases | 46 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 13 | |
| Phthisis | 576 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 70 | 455 | 22 | 130 | 105 | 168 | 173 | |
| Other tubercular diseases | 233 | 90 | 94 | 31 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 43 | 49 | 89 | 52 | |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 201 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 131 | 68 | 45 | 30 | 64 | 62 | |
| Bronchitis | 586 | 143 | 53 | 4 | 3 | 180 | 203 | 120 | 114 | 192 | 160 | |
| Pneumonia | 683 | 204 | 222 | 22 | 16 | 165 | 54 | 151 | 139 | 222 | 171 | |
| Pleurisy | 27 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 6 | |
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 53 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 12 | |
| Alcoholism | 102 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 92 | 7 | 37 | 11 | 28 | 26 | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | ||||||||||||
| Venereal diseases | 28 | 21 | 1 | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | |
| Premature birth | 159 | 159 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 47 | 20 | 56 | 36 | |
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | 23 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 16 | ... | 6 | 5 | 8 160 | 4 | |
| Heart diseases | 444 | 13 | 5 | 31 | 30 | 250 | 115 | 80 | 77 | 127 | ||
| Accidents | 261 | 74 | 51 | 27 | 12 | 76 | 21 | 66 | 37 | 93 | 65 | |
| Suicides | 27 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | |||
| Old age | 260 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 256 | 76 | 19 | 130 | 35 | |
| Convulsive diseases, as hydrocephalus, infantile menengitis, convulsions and teething | 304 | 232 | 65 | 7 | ... | ... | 68 | 49 | 131 | 56 | ||
| Wasting diseases, marasmus, atrophy, debility, want of breast milk, etc. | 289 | 267 | 22 | ... | ... | ... | 63 | 53 | 130 | 43 | ||
| Rheumatic fever | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| All other causes | 719 | 58 | 27 | 37 | 37 | 381 | 179 | 158 | 138 | 244 | 179 | |
| All causes | 6163 | 1707 | 927 | 253 | 257 | 2027 | 992 | 1374 | 1100 | 2166 | 1523 | |