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Stepney 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF STEPNEY, 1938—(continued).
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Sex. | AU Ages. | 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65— | 75— | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20. | Pneumonia (all forms) | M. | 103 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 15 |
| F. | 69 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 19 | |||
| 21. | Other respiratory diseases | M. | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| F. | 8 | 1 | l | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 22. | Peptic ulcer | M. | 20 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| F. | 4 | l | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 23. | Diarrhoea, etc. [Uuder 2 yrs.] | M. | 28 | 26 | 2 | |||||||||
| F. | 18 | 15 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 24. | Appendicitis | M. | 6 | 1 | 1 | l | 1 | |||||||
| F. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 25. | Cirrhosis of liver | M. | 2 | l | 1 | |||||||||
| F. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 26. | Other diseases of liver, etc. | M. | 4 | 1 | 1 | I | 1 | |||||||
| F. | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 27. | Other digestive diseases | M. | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |||
| F. | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| 28. | Acute and chronic nephritis | M. | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | ||
| F. | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | |||||||
| 29. 30. | Puerperal sepsis Other puerperal causes | F. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| F. | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 81. | Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc. | M. | 26 | 26 | ||||||||||
| F. | 23 | 23 | ||||||||||||
| 32. | Senility | M. | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| F. | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 33. | Suicide | M. | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| F. | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 34. | Other violence | M. | 46 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 8 | |
| F. | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | ||||||
| 35. | Other defined causes | M. | 97 | 6 | l | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 18 | |
| F. | 61 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 | ||||
| 36. | Causes illdefined, or unknown | M. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| F. | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Deaths under 1 year of age : Legitimate Illegitimate
M. 85 8
F. 69 3