Table: Causes of, and Ages at Death during the year1920.Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.
Causes of, and Ages at Death during the year1920.
Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.
Causes of Death. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 6 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 andupwards. | All ages. |
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Enteric Fever | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | | .. |
Measles | 15 | 12 | 16 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 48 |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 15 |
Wbooping Cough.. | 26 | 32 | 12 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | ... | 74 |
Diphtheria aud all deaths from Croup (except "Spasmodic," "False," " Stridulous " and " Catarrhal ") | 6 | 9 | 11 | 12 | | | | | 38 |
Influenza | 7 | 2 | .. | 4 | 10 | 32 | 34 | 27 | 116 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ... | .. | 7 |
Typhus Fever | .. | | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Dysentery | | | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Glanders | • • | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Anthrax | • t | | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Lead Poisoning | • • | | • • | .. | .. | | .. | .. | .. |
Phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 113 | 104 | 18 | 283 |
Tuberculous Meningitis (Acute Hydrocephalus) | 7 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 30 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 12 |
Cancer, malignant disease (Sarcoma, Rodent Uloer, &c.) | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 24 | 123 | 94 | 244 |
Bronchitis | 45 | 4 | 3 | .. | 2 | 16 | 136 | 158 | 364 |
Broncho-Pneumonia | 135 | 60 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 28 | 25 | 292 |
Pneumonia (all other forms) | 30 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 58 | 58 | 38 | 244 |
Other diseases of respiratory organs | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis (all deaths from diarrhoea, except those secondary to some well-defined disease) | 77 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 89 |
Appendicitis and Typhlitis | .. | .. . | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 25 |
Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens, Acute and Chronic Alcoholism (but not those from Organic Disease due to Alcoholism) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | | 2 |
Cirrhosis of Liver | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 14 | 2 | 19 |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | 20 | 53 | 21 | 102 |
Puerperal Fever (Pyæmia, Septicæmia, Pelvic Peritonitis, Peri- and Endo-Metritis occurring in the Puerperium) | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | 8 |
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and | | | | | | | | | |
Parturition | 18 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 14 | .. | .. | 33 |
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth, Atrophy, Marasmus, want of Breast Milk, but not from Atelectasis | 241 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 242 |
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 7 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 32 | 144 |
Suicides | .. | .. | .. | ... | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
Heart Disease | 2 | .. | 3 | 12 | 20 | 38 | 118 | 119 | 312 |
Old Age | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 128 | 136 |
Other Defined Diseases | 34 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 25 | 85 | 163 | 159 | 507 |
Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 4 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 11 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | 1 | | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .. | 12 |
Totals .. .. | 663 | 165 | 136 | 135 | 148 | 481 | 911 | 840 | 3,479 |