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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: There were 911 inquests held on residents during the year. The causes death assigned were as follows:—

There were 911 inquests held on residents during the year. The causes death assigned were as follows:—

Accidents118
Accidents and Diseases of child-birth, including Puerperal Fever15
Acute Mania3
Alcoholism33
Aneurism of Aorta8
Anthrax2
Apoplexy24
Appendicitis3
Bright's Disease17
Cancer2
Diseases of the Intestines5
Diseases of the Lungs:—
Bronchitis38
Pneumonia46
Phthisis37
Other Respiratory Diseases3
Diseases of the Stomach4
Diseases accelerated by self-neglect and want of proper nursing14
Drowning23
Epilepsy (chiefly accidents while in a fit)8
Gonorrhoea1
Heat Stroke5
Hanging2
Manslaughter2
Murder2
Suicide25
Heart Disease87
Infectious Diseases:—
Diphtheria5
Enteric Fever1
Erysipelas4
Scarlet Fever1