Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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, 1946 - (continued).
CAUSES OF HEATH. | Sex | All ages | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 45- | 65 & over | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20. | Other diseases of the circulatory system. | M | 40 | - | - | - | 3 | 11 | 26 |
F | 28 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 25 | ||
21. | Bronchitis. | M | 65 | 5 | - | - | 1 | 28 | 55 |
F | 52 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 28 | ||
22. | Pneumonia. | M | 56 | 9 | 2 | - | 4 | 14 | 27 |
F | 24 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 8 | ||
23. | Other respiratory diseases. | M | 7 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 |
F | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
24. | Ulceration of stomach or duodenum. | M | 23 | - | - | - | 5 | 12 | 6 |
F | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | ||
25. | Diarrhoea. | M | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
F | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
26. | Appendicitis. | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
F | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||
27. | Other digestive diseases. | M | 17 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 5 | 7 |
F | 18 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | ||
28. | Nephritis. | M | 13 | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 5 |
F | 21 | - | 1 | - | 6 | 6 | 8 | ||
29. | Puerperal and postabortive sepsis. | F | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
30. | Other maternal Causes. | F | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - |
31. | Premature birth. | M | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - |
F | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | - | |||
32. | Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile disease . | M | 25 | 25 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
F | 12 | 10 | - | - | 2 | - | - | ||
33. | Suicide . | M | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 1 |
F | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | ||
34. | Road Traffic Accidents | M | 9 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
F | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||
35. | Other violent causes. | M | 35 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 |
F | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||
36. | All other causes. | M | 42 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 20 |
F | 45 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 19 | ||
ALL CAUSES. | M | 808 | 64 | 12 | 7 | 75 | 257 | 415 | |
F | 591 | 46 | 7 | 4 | 63 | 128 | 545 | ||
Total | 1,399 | 110 | 19 | 11 | 138 | 365 | 756 |