London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
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]
This page requires JavaScript
Continued from previous page...
| CAUSES OF DEATH | Sex | All Ages | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 45- | 65 & over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23. Other respiratory diseases . | M | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| F | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| 24. Ulceration of the stomach or duodenum | M | 16 | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| F | 7 | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | ||
| 25. Diarrhoea (under 2 years). | M | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| F. | 2 | 2 | - | - | ||||
| 26. Appendicitis. | M | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| F | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | ||
| 27. Other digestive diseases. | M | 6 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| F | 15 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 8 | |
| 26. Nephritis. | : M | 14 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| F | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | ||
| 29. Puerperal and postabortive sepsis. | - | Nil | ||||||
| 30. Other maternal causes. | F | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 31. Premature birth. | M | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | |
| F | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 32. Congenital malformations, birth injury, infantile disease. | M | 10 | 9 | - | - | 1 | - | |
| F | 14 | 9 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 33. Suicide. | M | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| F | 4 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| 34. Road Traffic accidents . | M | 6 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||
| 35. Other violent causes. | M | 21 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| F | 9 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | |
| 36. All other causes. | M | 38 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | 6 | 25 |
| F | 29 | — | 1 | - | 4 | 10 | 14 | |
| . ALL CAUSES. | M | 751 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 45 | 232 | 425 |
| F | 586 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 144 | 380 | |
| Total: | 1339 | 59 | 17 | 7 | 75 | 376 | 805 |
- 46-