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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AMD AGE IN THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF
STEPNEY, 1946.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Sex | All ages. | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 45- | 65 & over | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Typhoid and paratyphoid fever. | M | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2. | Corebro-spinal fever. | M | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3. | Scarlet Fever. | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 4. | Whooping Cough. | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 5. | Diphtheria. | M | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 6. | Tuberculosis of respiratory system. | M | 50 | - | - | - | 19 | 13 | 18 |
| F | 21 | 1 | 1 | - | 15 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 7. | Other forms of Tuberculosis . | M | 7 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | ||
| 8. | Syphilitic disease. | M | 15 | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| F | 8 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | ||
| 9. | Influenza. | M | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | ||
| 10. | Measles. | M | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 11. | Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephelitis. | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 12. | Acute infectious Encephe litis. | M | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||
| 13m | Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus. | M | 18 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 | 10 |
| 13f | Cancer of Uterus. | 9 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| 14. | Cancer of stomach and duodenum. | M | 25 | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| F | 10 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | ||
| 15. | Cancer of breast. | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 16. | Cancer of all other sites. | M | 75 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 37 | 34 |
| F | 54 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 17 | 35 | ||
| 17. | Diabetes. | M | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| F | 7 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | ||
| 18. | Intra-cranial vascular lesions. | M | 49 | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 42 |
| F | 53 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 42 | ||
| 19. | Heart disease. | M | 199 | - | - | - | 10 | 42 | 147 |
| F | 183 | - | - | - | 13 | 30 | 140 | ||