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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 1949
[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-1949.
| CAUSES OF DEATH | Sex | All Ages | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 45- | 65 & over | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers. | - | Nil | |||||||
| 2. Cerebro-spinal Fever. | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3. Scarlet Fever. | - | Nil | |||||||
| 4. Whooping Cough. | - | Nil | |||||||
| 5. Diphtheria. | - | Nil | |||||||
| 6. Tuberculosis of respiratory system. | M | 48 | - | - | — | 12 | 21 | 15 | |
| F | 18 | - | 1 | - | 9 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 7. Other forms of Tuberculosis. | M | 4 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||
| 8. Syphilitic disease. | M | 8 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| F | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9. Influenza. | M | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| F | 5 | — | — | — | - | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10. Measles. | - | Nil | |||||||
| 11. Acute poliomyelitis & polioencephalitis | M | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 12. Acute infectious encephalitis. | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | ||
| 13. Cancer of buccal cavity and oesophagus. | M | 15 | — | - | - | - | 4 | 11 | |
| 13. Cancer of uterus. | F | 9 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| 14. Cancer of stomach and duodenum. | M | 22 | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | 9 | |
| F | 23 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 15 | ||
| 15. Cancer of breast. | M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| F | 17 | — | — | - | 2 | 6 | 9 | ||
| 16. Cancer of all other sites. | M | 112 | - | - | - | 8 | 51 | 53 | |
| F | 57 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 32 | ||
| 17. Diabetes. | M | 5 | - | - | — | - | 2 | 3 | |
| F | 13 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 18. Intra-cranial vascular lesions. | M | 44 | - | — | - | - | 14 | 30 | |
| F | 58 | - | — | — | 1 | 8 | 49 | ||
| 19. Heart disease. | M | 197 | ....- | - | — | 8 | 45 | 144 | |
| F | 178 | - | - | - | 3 | 33 | 142 | ||
| 20. Other diseases of the circulatory system. | M | 42 | - | - | - | - | 13 | 29 | |
| F | 42 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 32 | ||
| 21. Bronchitis. | M | 60 | 2 | - | — | - | 19 | 39 | |
| F | 35 | - | 1 | - | - | 7 | 27 | ||
| 22. Pneumonia. | M | 48 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 10 | 30 | |
| F | 30 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 20 | ||
| (Contd.) | |||||||||
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