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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 (Contd.)
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Sex | All Ages | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 45- | 65 & over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20. Other diseases of the circulatory system. | M | 30 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 22 |
| F | 20 | - | - | - | 4 | 16 | ||
| 21. Bronchitis. | M | 25 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| F | 9 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 22. Pneumonia. | M | 47 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 27 |
| F | 35 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 23 | |
| 23. Other respiratory diseases | M | 9 | - | — | 8 | 1 | ||
| F | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 24. Ulceration of the stomach or duodenum. | M | 22 | - | 2 | 15 | 5 | ||
| F | 2 | - | - | 2 | ||||
| 25. Diarrhoea. | M | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | |||
| F | 3 | 3 | — | - | ||||
| 26. Appendicitis. | M | 1 | -— | 1 | ||||
| F | - | - | - | - | ||||
| 27. Other digestive diseases. | M | 2 | - | - | 2 | |||
| F | 7 | - | 1 | 6 | ||||
| 28. Nephritis. | M | 14 | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| F | 8 | - | — | — | 4 | 4 | ||
| 29. Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis. | ||||||||
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 30. Other maternal causes. | F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31. Premature birth. | M | 11 | 11 | - | — | |||
| F | 8 | 8 | - | |||||
| 32. Congenital malformations birth injury, infantile disease. | M | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 6 | 6 | - | — | ||||
| 33. Suicide | M | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| F | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | ||||
| 34. Road Traffic accidents. | M | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| F | 2 | - | 1 | — | 1 | |||
| 35. Other violent causes. | M | 13 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| F | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| 35. All other causes | M | 41 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 15 |
| F | 35 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 22 | ||
| ALL CAUSES. | M | 680 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 203 | 369 |
| F | 522 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 114 | 335 | |
| Total | 1,202 | 59 | 11 | 11 | 100 | 317 | 704 | |
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