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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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. |
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Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Measles ... | 15 | 29 | 15 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 62 |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 9 |
Whooping Cough | 40 | 51 | 32 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 124 |
Diphtheria and all deaths from Croup (except, "spasmodic" "False" "stridulous" and "catarrhal") | 10 | 17 | 36 | 16 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 80 |
Influenza | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 50 | 36 | 130 |
Erysipelas | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...... | ... | ... | ... |
Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 |
Glanders | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Anthrax | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Lead Poisoning | ... | ... | ...... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | ... | 3 | ... | 6 | 62 | 116 | 106 | 21 | 314 |
Tuberculous Meningitis (Acute Hydrocephalus) | ... | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 19 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 |
Rheumatic Fever | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 7 |
Cancer, malignant disease (Sarcoma, Rodent Ulcer, etc.) | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 31 | 153 | 88 | 274 |
Bronchitis | 26 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 128 | 196 | 382 | |
Broncho-Pneumonia | 92 | 67 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 22 | 269 |
Pneumonia (all other forms) | 30 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 41 | 87 | 35 | 262 |
Other diseases of Respiratory Organs Diarrhoea and Enteritis (all deaths from Diarrhoea, except those secondary to some | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 7 | 15 | 8 | 33 57 |
well defined disease) | 51 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Appendicitis and Typhlitis Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens, acute and chronic alcoholism (but not those from | ... | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | ... | 23 |
organic disease due to alcoholism) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Cirrhosis of Liver | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
Nephritis and Bright's Disease Puerperal Fever (Pyaemia, Bepticsemia, Saprsemia, Pelvic Peritonitis,Peri- and Endo- | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 49 | 28 | 107 |
Metritis occurring in the Puerperium) | ... | ... | ......... | ... | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | 7 |
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
and Parturition Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth, Atrophy, Marasmus, want of Breast Milk, but not from | 15 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 7 | 1 | ... | |
Atelectasis | 149 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 149 |
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 7 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 102 |
Suicides | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 11 | 2 | 23 |
Heart Disease | 1 | 1 | ... | 20 | 17 | 51 | 130 | 133 | 353 |
Old Age | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 157 | 158 |
Other Defined Diseases | 27 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 19 | 61 | 159 | 144 | 462 |
Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 1 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 9 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | ... | . .. | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
Acute Encephalitis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Acute Encephalitis Myelitis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Uncertified Death | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Total | 476 | 256 | 173 | 129 | 151 | 446 | 964 | 898 | 3,493 |