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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| Heart Disease | 396 | 437 | 41 | - |
| Influenza | 53 | 46 | — | 7 |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Injuries | 245 | 232 | — | 13 |
| Convulsive Diseases | 155 | 123 | — | 32 |
| Wasting Diseases | 225 | 194 | — | 31 |
| Premature Births | 164 | 156 | — | 8 |
| Old Age | 249 | 244 | — | 5 |
| Cancer | 263 | 213 | — | 50 |
| Alcoholism | 72 | 48 | — | 24 |
| All other causes | 817 | 753 | — | 64 |
| 5,435 | 4,896 | 119 | 658 |
There were 735 inquests held on residents during the year. The causes
of death assigned were as follows:—
Accidents 88
Accidents and Diseases of child-birth, including
Puerperal Fever 4
Alcoholism 21
Aneurism of Aorta 4
Apoplexy 31
Asphyxia caused by regurgitation of food into Pharynx
while suffering from Pneumonia and Gastritis ... 1
Bright's Disease 8
Burns (adults) 6
Cancer 1
Cerebo Spinal Meningitis 1
Diarrhœa 1
Diabetes 2
Diseases of the Bladder 2
Diseases of the Intestines 6
Diseases of the Lungs:—
Bronchitis 26
Pneumonia 43
Phthisis 25
Other Respiratory Diseases 7
Diseases accelerated by self-neglect and want of
proper nursing 6