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Stepney 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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VII.—STATISTICS PROVIDED BY THE REGISTRAR
GENERAL.
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STEPNEY. 1937. S.D.24
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0— | 1— | 2— | 6— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75— |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL CAUSES | M. | 1,364 | 95 | 23 | 21 | 28 | 40 | 67 | 56 | 158 | 289 | 359 | 228 |
| F. | 1,115 | 71 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 33 | 57 | 97 | 167 | 305 | 301 | |
| 1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | M. | ||||||||||||
| F. | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2. Measles | M. | ||||||||||||
| F. | |||||||||||||
| 3. Scarlet Fever | M. | ||||||||||||
| F. | |||||||||||||
| 4. Whooping cough | M. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| F. | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| 6. Diphtheria | M. | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| F. | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 6. Influenza | M. | 37 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | ||
| F. | 36 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | |||||
| 7. Encephalitis lethargica | M. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| F. | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 8. Cerebro-spinal fever | M. | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| F. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 9. Tuberculosis of respiratory system. | M. | 115 | 1 | 17 | 27 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 1 | |||
| F. | 38 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 10. Other tuberculous diseases | M. | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| F. | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 11. Syphilis | M. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| F. | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 12. General paralysis of the insane, tabes dorsalis. | M. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| F. | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 13. Cancer, malignant disease | M. | 181 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 57 | 67 | 23 | |||
| F. | 150 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 36 | 47 | 26 | |||||
| 14. Diabetes | M. | 17 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | |||||||
| F. | 36 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 1 | ||||||||
| 15. Cerebral hemorrhage, etc. | M. | 32 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 5 | ||||||
| F. | 42 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 11 | |||||||
| 16. Heart disease | M. | 408 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 90 | 140 | 120 | |||
| F. | 376 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 51 | 114 | 162 | ||
| 17. Aneurysm | M. | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| F. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 18 Other circulatory diseases | M. | 49 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 13 | |||||||
| F. | 62 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 24 | |||||||
| 19. Bronchitis | M. | 44 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 7 | ||||
| F. | 23 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 |