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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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There were 832 inquests held on residents during the year. The causes
of death assigned were as follows:—
Accident s112
Accidents and Diseases of child-birth, including
Puerperal Fever 6
Acute Mania 1
Alcoholism17
Aneurism of Aorta 2
Anthrax1
Apoplexy37
Bright's Disease 11
Cancer8
Diseases of the Bladder 1
Diseases of the Intestines 6
Diseases of the Lungs:—
Bronchitis 27
Pneumonia 36
Phthisis28
Other Respiratory Diseases 6
Diseases accelerated by self-neglect and want of
proper nursing 16
Drowning20
Exhaustion following Paralysis 1
Epilepsy (chiefly accidents while in a fit) 5
Fatty Degeneration of Liver 1
Epistaxis1
Gastric Ulcer 1
Influenza 1
Manslaughter1
Suicide39
Heart Disease 129
Burns (Adults) 11
Infectious Diseases:—
Diphtheria4
Scarlet Fever 3
Sarcoma1