Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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TABLE IV.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year igio.
| Causes or Death. | All ages. | Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages. | dkath8 in or belonging to Localities (at all Ages). | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year. | 1 and tinder 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25.. | 25 and undi r 65. | 65 and upwards. | Lime-house. | St. George's. | Mile End. | Wbite-ehapel. | ||||
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 93 | 33 | 59 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 19 | 27 | 24 | 48 | |
| Scarlet fever | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | .. | |
| Whooping-cough | 110 | 58 | 52 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 42 | 16 | 40 | 12 | 75 | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 29 | 5 | 21 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 28 | |
| Croup | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fever | Typhus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | • • |
| Enteric | 16 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 13 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |
| Other continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | .. | .. | .. | |
| Epidemic influenza | 43 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 16 | 24 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 24 | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhœa | 128 | 103 | 23 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 27 | 31 | 45 | 25 | 138 | |
| Enteritis | 57 | 40 | 9 | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 31 | |
| Gastritis | 20 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | .. | |
| Puerperal fever | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | .. | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 27 | |
| Erysipelas | 8 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 410 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 69 | 308 | 16 | 74 | 80 | 146 | 110 | 159 | |
| Other tubercular diseases | 137 | 36 | 54 | 24 | .. | 10 | 4 | 33 | 26 | 43 | 35 | 160 | |
| Cancer, malignant disease .. | 228 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 155 | 70 | 54 | 35 | 80 | 59 | 185 | |
| Bronchitis | 390 | 55 | 16 | 1 | .. | 158 | 160 | 95 | 70 | 112 | 113 | 130 | |
| Pneumonia | 511 | 128 | 136 | 17 | 7 | 180 | 4 3 | 114 | 100 | 179 | 118 | 340 | |
| Pleurisy | 14 | .. | ... | .. | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | |
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 38 | 9 | 12 | .. | .. | 15 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 49 | |
| Alcoholism ) | 30 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 28 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 24 | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver ) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Venereal diseases | 27 | 16 | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | .. | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 18 | |
| Premature birth | 151 | 151 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 39 | 29 | 44 | 39 | 4o | |
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | 24 | 13 | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Heart diseases | 335 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 192 | 99 | 63 | 65 | 138 | 69 | 178 | |
| Accideiits | 197 | 36 | 33 | 21 | 9 | 63 | 35 | 48 | 39 | 65 | 45 | 149 | |
| Suicides | 28 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 12 | |
| Rheumatic fever | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 3 | |
| Convulsive diseases | 118 | 92 | 26 | * * | .. | .. | .. | 27 | 27 | 39 | 25 | 22 | |
| Wasting diseases | 206 | 190 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 36 | 57 | 76 | 37 | 115 | |
| Old age | 216 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 214 | 51 | 17 | 111 | 37 | 84 | |
| All other causes | 698 | 43 | 34 | 44 | 29 | 390 | 158 | 123 | 111 | 289 | 175 | 705 | |
| All causes | 4299 | 1041 | 511 | 146 | 154 | 1608 | 839 | 929 | 807 | 1553 | 1010 | 2785 | |