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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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CAUSES OF ALL DEATHS DURING THE YEAR 1945.
| Causes of Deaths | Total | Under 1 year | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-45 | 45-65 | 65 years & over | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tub of Resp System | 74 | 29 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 33 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
| Other forms of T.B. | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Syphilitic Disease | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Influenza | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | l | - |
| Measles | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ac polio-myelitis & polioencephelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ac inf encephelitis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Cancer of buc cavity & eosophagus | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - |
| Cancer of uterus | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | - | 4 | - | 3 | |
| Cancer of stomach and duodenum | 31 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 9 |
| Cancer of breast | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 7 | i | 3 |
| Cancer of all other sites | 74 | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 35 | 24 |
| Diabetes | 2 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Intra-cranial vascu lar lesions | 38 | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 38 |
| Heart disease | 179 | 172 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 40 | 28 | 137 | 140 |
| Other diseases of the circ system | 32 | 28 | - | - | - | -__ | - | 1 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 16 | |
| Bronchitis | 74 | 37 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 28 | 8 | 45 | 27 |
| Pneumonia | 34 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 17 |
| Other resp diseases | 13 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 8 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Ulcer of the stomach or duodenum | 17 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Diarrhoea | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Appendicitis | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Other digestive diseases | 19 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Nephritis | 18 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| Peurperal and postabortive sepsis | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Other maternal cause | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Premature births | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Congenital malformations, birth injury infantile disease | 15 | 17 | 14 | 14 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Suicide | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Road traffic accidents | 14 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 7 | - | |
| Other violent causes | 72 | 102 | 4 | - | 7 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 48 | 21 | 23 | 12 | 21 |
| All other causes | 51 | 35 | 3 | 2 | - | - | l | 1 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 27 | 15 |
| 811 | 658 | 47 | 34 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 94 | 07 | 255 | 160 | 393 | 335 | |
| TOTAL | 1,469 | 81 | 19 | 25 | 201 | 415 | 728 | |||||||