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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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TABLE IV.— Causes of, and Ages at, Death during year 1904.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all Ages). | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | |
| Measles | 176 | 57 | 116 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 40 | 46 | 65 | 25 | 28 | |
| Scarlet fever | 32 | 2 | 23 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 1 | |
| Whooping-cough | 131 | 41 | 84 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 34 | 42 | 33 | 22 | 19 | |
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 89 | 10 | 68 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 18 | 15 | 28 | 28 | 40 | |
| Croup | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Fever | Enteric | 28 | ... | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | ... | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
| Other continued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Epidemic influenza | 50 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 13 | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diarrhœa | 172 | 129 | 30 | ... | ... | 6 | 7 | 44 | 32 | 74 | 22 | 132 | |
| Enteritis | 318 | 243 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 64 | 64 | 103 | 87 | 10 | |
| Puerperal fever | 13 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 8 | ... | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | |
| Erysipelas | 19 | 7 | ... | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | ... | 8 | 7 | 14 | |
| Other septic diseases | 97 | 27 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 30 | 8 | 20 | 18 | 30 | 29 | 111 | |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 689 | 11 | 32 | 17 | 86 | 520 | 23 | 143 | 119 | 229 | 198 | 285 | |
| Other tubercular diseases | 174 | 57 | 77 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 44 | 35 | 61 | 34 | I42 | |
| Cancer, malignant diseases | 240 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 158 | 77 | 56 | 45 | 71 | 68 | 171 | |
| Bronchitis | 532 | 103 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 183 | 206 | 110 | 109 | 175 | 138 | 273 | |
| Pneumonia | 588 | 214 | 198 | 13 | 7 | 122 | 34 | 143 | 110 | 201 | 134 | 299 | |
| Pleurisy | 6 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 43 | 8 | 7 | 2 | ... | 22 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 34 | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 96 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 87 | 8 | 26 | 14 | 40 | 16 | 41 | |
| Venereal diseases | 35 | 21 | 1 | 1 | ... | 11 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 18 | |
| Premature birth | 253 | 253 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 59 | 36 | 107 | 51 | 28 | |
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | 48 | 22 | ... | ... | 7 | 19 | ... | 10 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 7 | |
| Heart diseases | 519 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 31 | 306 | 134 | 109 | 99 | 176 | 135 | 244 | |
| Accidents | 255 | 96 | 43 | 22 | 12 | 54 | 28 | 63 | 47 | 88 | 57 | 157 | |
| Suicides | 26 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | |
| Rheumatic fever | 7 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Wasting diseases, as marasmus, debility, want of breast milk, etc. | 258 | 234 | 23 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 58 | 65 | 89 | 46 | 106 | |
| Old age | 228 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 221 | 71 | 12 | 105 | 40 | 74 | |
| Convulsive diseases, as hydrocephalus, infantile menengitis, convulsions and teething | 204 | 168 | 35 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 43 | 36 | 82 | 43 | 65 | |
| All other causes | 612 | 59 | 16 | 18 | 27 | 333 | 160 | 135 | 84 | 242 | 152 | 526 | |
| All causes | 5943 | 1773 | 865 | 187 | 207 | 1970 | 941 | 1350 | 1086 | 2099 | 1408 | 2889 | |