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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 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: The following table shows the death-rate throughout the whole Borough and in the various districts since 1890:—

The following table shows the death-rate throughout the whole Borough and in the various districts since 1890:—

Limehouse.St. George's.Mile End.Whitechapel.The whole Borough
189026.835.020.024.025.2
180126.029.121.224.724.4
189225.527.823.025.224.9
189327.731.022.825.025.5
189424.226.521.120.322.3
189527.329.522.522.824.0
189623.724.419.920.121.7
189725.126.418.719.721.4
189823.724.823.419.722.7
189925.527.120.319.322.0
190025.924.419.318.121.0
190124.623.018.519.320.8
190223.622.119.019.220.5
190319.720.316.317.517.9
190423.221.418.217.419.5
190520.320.416.915.417.7
190621.019.116.516.017.6
190717.317.614.515.415.8
190820.117.215.714.916.6
190917.517.013.914.115.2

Table: Compared with 1908, the causes of death were:—

Compared with 1908, the causes of death were:—

Disease.1908.1909.Increase.Decrease.
Small Pox—11—
Scarlet Fever5525—30
Enteric Fever146—8
Measles264236—28
Diphtheria7451—23
Croup132—
Whooping Cough12965—64
Diarrhoea262153—109
Enteritis130104—26
Rheumatic Fever62—4
Phthisis49452127—
Other Tubercular Diseases167144—23
Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and other Respiratory Diseases1,0481,162114-