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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 1948
[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 - 1948
| CAUSES OF DEATH | Sex | All Ages | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 45- | 65 & over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers. | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2. Cerebro-spinal Fever. | M | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | — | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3. Scarlet Fever. | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | — |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4. Whooping Cough. | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5. Diphtheria. | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | |
| 6. Tuberculosis of respiratory system. | M | 51 | 20 | 24 | 7 | |||
| F | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 7. Other forms of Tuberculosis. | M | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | |||
| F | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 8. Syphilitc disease. | M | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| F | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 9. Influenza. | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 10. Measles. | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 11. Acute poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis. | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 12. Acute infectious encephalitis. | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 1 | - | 1 | |||||
| 13m Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus. | 10 | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | ||
| 13f Cancer of uterus. | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum. | M | 22 | 1 | 10 | 11 | |||
| F | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| 15. Cancer of breast. | M | - | ||||||
| F | 14 | - | 1 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 16. Cancer of all other sites. | M | 106 | 6 | 45 | 55 | |||
| F | 60 | 8 | 15 | 37 | ||||
| 17. Diabetes. | M | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| F | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 18. Intra-cranial vascular lesions. | M | 49 | 2 | 8 | 39 | |||
| F | 60 | - | 1 | 14 | 45 | |||
| 19. Heart disease. | M | 197 | 9 | 43 | 145 | |||
| F | 188 | 1 | 10 | 39 | 138 |
(Contd.)
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