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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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TABLE IV.— Causes of, and Ages at, Death during year 1905.
| Causes of Death. 1 | 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. | Limehouse. | St. George's | Mile End. | Whitechapel. | |||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||
| Small Pox | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Measles | 151 | 42 | 102 | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | 47 | 23 | 56 | 25 | 32 | |
| Scarlet fever | 61 | 10 | 36 | 14 | 1 | ... | ... | 24 | 5 | 21 | 11 | ... | |
| Whooping-cough | 123 | 55 | 65 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 52 | 29 | 34 | 8 | 50 | |
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 63 | 13 | 39 | 10 | ... | 1 | ... | 13 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 28 | |
| Croup | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Typhus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Fever- | Enteric | 21 | ... | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | ... | 6 | ... | 9 | 6 | 13 |
| Other continued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Epidemic influenza | 33 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 17 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 12 | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diarrhœa | 288 | 274 | 11 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 59 | 67 | 122 | 40 | 149 | |
| Enteritis | 147 | 66 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 50 | 19 | 47 | 31 | 39 | |
| Puerperal fever | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 6 | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Erysipelas | 23 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 15 | |
| Other septic diseases | 75 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 24 | 22 | 135 | |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 573 | 12 | 25 | 15 | 66 | 429 | 26 | 98 | 117 | 171 | 187 | 249 | |
| Other tubercular diseases | 159 | 35 | 75 | 27 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 42 | 29 | 53 | 35 | 160 | |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 228 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 157 | 66 | 52 | 39 | 90 | 47 | 174 | |
| Bronchitis | 539 | 119 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 188 | 199 | 105 | 109 | 193 | 132 | 169 | |
| Pneumonia | 585 | 159 | 176 | 13 | 14 | 175 | 48 | 112 | 103 | 225 | 145 | 315 | |
| Pleurisy | 15 | ... | 1 | I | ... | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 25 | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 34 | |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver | 64 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 59 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 29 | |
| Venereal diseases | 34 | 26 | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 6 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 22 | |
| Premature birth | 168 | 168 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30 | 33 | 75 | 30 | 30 | |
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | 33 | 15 | ... | ... | 2 | 16 | ... | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 8 | |
| Heart diseases | 465 | 15 | 8 | 26 | 35 | 261 | 120 | 101 | 95 | 160 | 109 | 217 | |
| Accidents | 241 | 77 | 46 | 19 | 13 | 62 | 24 | 63 | 60 | 60 | 58 | 170 | |
| Suicides | 39 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 13 | |
| Rheumatic fever | 9 | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 3 | ... | 4 | 4 | 1 | ... | 6 | |
| Convulsive diseases | 161 | 131 | 30 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36 | 38 | 55 | 32 | 53 | |
| Wasting diseases | 227 | 212 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 43 | 43 | 100 | 41 | 98 | |
| Old age | 198 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 198 | 47 | 22 | 94 | 35 | 70 | |
| All other causes | 674 | 52 | 60 | 28 | 26 | 334 | 174 | 127 | 121 | 267 | 159 | 532 | |
| All causes | 5433 | 1514 | 787 | 193 | 187 | 1835 | 917 | 1184 | 1041 | 1964 | 1244 | 2842 | |