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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Causes of, and Ages at Death during the Year.
Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.
| Causes of Death | 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 Ages. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 11 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 41 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 4 | 14 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 23 |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 12 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24 |
| Diphtheria and all deaths from Croup (except "spasmodic" "False" " stridulous " and " catarrhal") | 6 | 16 | 31 | 32 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 87 |
| Influenza | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 42 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 4 |
| Cerebro- Spinal Fever | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Anthrax | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Lead Poisoning | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 53 | 123 | 105 | 15 | 299 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis (Acute Hydrocephalus) | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 31 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| Rheumatic Fever | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
| Cancer, malignant disease (Sarcoma, Rodent Ulcer, etc.) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30 | 139 | 94 | 263 |
| Bronchitis | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | 16 | 114 | 189 | 345 |
| Broncho-Pneumonia | 68 | 37 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 29 | 195 |
| Pneumonia (all other forms) | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 40 | 71 | 32 | 193 |
| Other diseases of Respiratory Organs | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis (all deaths from Diarrhoea, except those secondary to some well defined disease) | 143 | 27 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | ... | 180 |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 27 |
| Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens, acute and chronic alcoholism (but not those from organic disease due to alcoholism) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 47 | 21 | 86 |
| Puerperal Fever ( Pyaemia, Septicaemia, Saprasmia, Pelvic Peritonitis,Peri- and Endo-Metritis occurring in the Puerperium) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 1 | ... | 8 |
| Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 15 |
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, includ ing Premature Birth, Atrophy, Marasmus, want of Breast Milk, but not from Atelectasis | 210 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 210 |
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 11 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 25 | 106 |
| Suicides | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 28 |
| Heart Disease | 1 | 1 | ... | 9 | 16 | 39 | 122 | 126 | 314 |
| Old Age | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 150 | 151 |
| Other Defined Diseases | 36 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 16 | 81 | 174 | 147 | 496 |
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 3 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Polio Encephalitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Total | 550 | 161 | 111 | 126 | 131 | 412 | 878 | 875 | 3,244 |
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