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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Causes of, and Ages at Death during the year 1917.
Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.
| Causes or Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and upwards. | ||
| All causes | Certified | 3,908 | 580 | 238 | 189 | 130 | 171 | 582 | 992 | 1,026 |
| Ucertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | ||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Measles | 103 | 14 | 45 | 43 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Whooping Cough | 30 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 60 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Influenza | 31 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| Erysipelas | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | |||
| Phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis) | 507 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 78 | 223 | 154 | 32 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 66 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 47 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 235 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 32 | 141 | 58 | ||
| Rheumatic Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | |||
| Meningitis | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Organic Heart Disease | 424 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 13 | 60 | 136 | 206 | |
| Bronchitis | 406 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 126 | 216 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 428 | 64 | 72 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 53 | 113 | 63 | |
| Other diseases of respiratory organs | 38 | 5 | .. | .. | 5 | 11 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 167 | 118 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 15 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 16 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 6 | |
| Alcoholism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 119 | .. | 2 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 66 | 26 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | |||
| Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 20 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | ||
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 241 | 241 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 192 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 25 | 44 | 44 | |
| Suicide | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Other Defined Diseases | 677 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 102 | 166 | 331 | |
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 49 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 4 | |
| Totals | 3,908 | 580 | 238 | 189 | 130 | 171 | 582 | 992 | 1,026 | |
| Sub-entries includedin above figures | Cerebro-spinal menin gitis | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. |