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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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CAUSES OF ALL DEATHS DURING THE YEAR 1942.
| CAUSES OF DEATHS | TOTAL | i Under 1 year | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-45 | 45-64 | 65 etc. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| Typhoid | ||||||||||||||
| Cerebro-spinal fever | ||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | ||||||||||||||
| Whooping cough | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| Diphtheria | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tub. of resp. systern | 65 | 13 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Syphilitic diseases | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Influenza | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Measles | ||||||||||||||
| Ac. polio-ravel. & polio-enceph. | ||||||||||||||
| Ac. inf. enceph. | ||||||||||||||
| Career of buc. cav.& Oesoph | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| of uterus | 9 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||
| of stomach & dueodenum | 13 | 9 | 5 | 15 | ||||||||||
| of breast | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||
| of all other sites | 66 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 33 | 22 | ||||||
| Diabetes Intra-cranial Vasculer | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||||||||
| lesions. | 45 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 31 | ||||||
| Heart disease | 182 | 116 | 1.0 | 10 | 45 | 18 | 127 | 88 | ||||||
| Other diseases of Tchp cire. system. | 26 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 22 | |||||||
| Bronchitis | 54 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 38 | 24 | ||||||
| Pneumonia | 45 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 20 | ||||
| Oter res. diseases | 13 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | |||||||||
| Under of stomach & duodenum | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 66 | 11 | |||||||
| Diarrhoea under 2 yrs. | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Appendicitis | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Other digestive dis. | 8 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |||||
| Nephritis | 27 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 9 | ||||||
| Puerperal & post-abort | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| sepsis | ||||||||||||||
| Other maternal causes | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Premature birth | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | —- | |||||||||
| Congenital mal. birth injury, inf. disease | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 4 | 99 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Road Traffic acciderts | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Other violent causes | 20 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | |||
| All other causes. | 56 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 14 | |