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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 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: There were 610 inquests held on residents during the year. The causes of death were as follows:—

There were 610 inquests held on residents during the year. The causes of death were as follows:—

Accidents101
Accidents and Diseases of Child-birth, including Puerperal Fever2
Alcoholism10
Aneurism of Aorta6
Apoplexy39
Bright's Disease8
Burns (adults)4
Cancer1
Cerebral Tumour1
Diabetes1
Diarrhoea1
Diseases of theLungs:—
Bronchitis23
Pneumonia53
Phthisis20
Other Respiratory Diseases10
Diseases accelerated by self-neglect and want of proper nursing12
Drowning25
Epilepsy2
Fracture and dislocation of cervical vertebrae—hanging1
Gastric Ulcer3
Heart Disease60
Heart Failure, the result of general Tuberculosis1
Influenza1
Internal haemorrhage due to Glioma of Brain1
Meningitis5
Murder2
Pancreatitis1
Perforation of Intestines1
Ptomaine Poisoning1
Puerperal Eclampeia1
Senility5
Septicaemia2
Shock while undergoing a necessary operation under the influence of an anaesthetic3
Strangulated Hernia2
Suffocation caused by coal gas2
Suffocation caused by swallowing the back of a brass stud1