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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STEPNEY, 1937—
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75— |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20. Pneumonia (all forms) | M. | 105 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 15 |
| F. | 66 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 21 | ||
| 21. Other respiratory diseases | M. | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |||
| F. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 22. Peptic ulcer | M. | 19 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| F. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| 23. Diarrhoea, etc | M. | 22 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| F. | 26 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 24. Appendicitis | M. | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| F. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 25. Cirrhosis of liver | M. | 1 | |||||||||||
| F. | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 26. Other diseases of liver, etc. | M. | 1 | l | ||||||||||
| F. | 12 | l | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| 27. Other digestive diseases | M. | 19 | 1 | l | l | 4 | 4 | 4 | l | ||||
| F. | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |||||
| 28. Acute and chronic nephritis | M. | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | ||||
| F. | 29 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||||
| 29. Puerperal sepsis | F. | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 30. Other puerperal causes | F. | 5 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| 31. Congenital debility, prematurebirth, malformations, etc. | M. | 32 | 30 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| F. | 26 | 26 | |||||||||||
| 32. Senility | M. | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| F. | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 33. Suicide | M. | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||||||
| F. | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 34. Other violence | M. | 55 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| F. | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | |||
| 35. Other defined diseases | M. | 120 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 16 | |
| F. | 77 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 12 | ||
| 36. Causes ill-defined, or unknown | M. | ||||||||||||
| F. | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Deaths under 1 year of age : Legitimate Illegitimate
M. 87 8
F. 66 5