London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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There were 778 inquests held during the year. The causes of death assigned were as follows:—
| Accidents | 80 |
| Epilepsy (chiefly accidents while in a fit) | 4 |
| Burns and Scalds (chiefly children) | 47 |
| Drowning | 14 |
| Suicide | 12 |
| Murder | 4 |
| Manslaughter | 1 |
| Infectious Diseases:— | |
| Diphtheria | 6 |
| Small Pox | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 4 |
| Septicaemia and Cellulitis | 10 |
| Enteric | 1 |
| Syphilis | 5 |
| Tetanus | 1 |
| Cancer | 4 |
| Phthisis | 45 |
| Tubercular Meningitis | 2 |
| Alcohol | 34 |
| Opium Poisoning | 1 |
| Heat Stroke | 4 |
| Apoplexy | 40 |
| Bright's Disease | 16 |
| Heart Disease | 103 |
| Diseases of Liver | 2 |
| Diseases of Stomach | 10 |
| Summer Diarrhoea | 9 |
| Ptomaine Poisoning | 3 |
| Diseases of Intestine | 15 |
| Pneumonia | 36 |
| Bronchitis (chiefly chronic) | 17 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 7 |
| Affecting Children— | |
| Premature Birth | 27 |
| Atalectasis | 8 |
| Accidents during birth | 3 |
| Inattention at birth | 13 |