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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 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Phthisis521410–111
Other Tubercular Diseases Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and other Respiratory144137–7
Diseases1,162953–209
Heart Disease364335–29
Influenza6543–22
Puerperal Fever7158–
Injuries1911976–
Convulsive Diseases125118–7
Wasting Diseases18820618–
Premature Births156151–5
Old Age219216–3
Cancer20222826–
Alcoholism5230–22
All other causes71778568–
4,7594,299186646

Table: There were 622 inquests held on residents during the year. The causes of death assigned were as follows:—

There were 622 inquests held on residents during the year. The causes of death assigned were as follows:—

Accidents98
Accidents and Diseases of child-birth, including Puerperal Fever4
Alcoholism10
Aneurism of Aorta5
Arterial Degeneration1
Apoplexy34
Appendicitis1
Bright's Disease3
Burns (adults)7
Cancer6
Cerebellar Tumour2
Coma, due to softening of Brain1
Dirrhœa2
Diseases of the Intestines4
Diseases of the Lungs:—
Bronchitis19
Pneumonia42
Phthisis14
Other Respiratory Diseases3