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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 1916

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: Deaths from Diseases of a Tubercular nature, other than Phthisis, from 1901 to 1916:—

Deaths from Diseases of a Tubercular nature, other than Phthisis, from 1901 to 1916:—

Limehouse District.St. George's.Mile End.Whitechapel.Whole Borough.
190160735452239
190243498952233
190352376145195
190444356134174
190542295335159
190657475357214
190751505942202
190838406425167
190937414026144
191033264335137
191140405927166
191229153922105
191333323921125
191452245026152
191530244321118
19162121281989

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Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.
There were 796 deaths due to diseases of the Respiratory Organs, which corresponds
to a death rate of 3.08 per 1,000 of the population. This number is 260 less
than in the previous year.
190 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 3.81 per 1,000
of the population.
152 belonged to St. George-in-the-East, or at the rate of 3.43 per 1,000
of the population.
267 belonged to Mile End Old Town, or at the rate of 2.56 per 1,000 of the
population.
187 belonged to the Whitechapel District, or at the rate of 3.11 per 1,000
of the population.
Infantile Mortality.
656 infants died under one year of age or 205 less than in the previous year.
167 belonged to the Limehouse District, or at the rate of 101 per 1,000
births;