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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Table 1.
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS - 1951 (Registrar-General's Return)
CAUSES OF DEATH. | ALL AGES | -1 | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | F | Total | ||||||||||
1. | Tuberculosis - Respiratory | 32 | 14 | 46 | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 2 |
2. | " - Other | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
3. | Syphilitic Disease | 8 | 2 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
4. | Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
5. | Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
6. | Meningococcal Infection | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
7. | Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
8. | Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
9. | Other infective and parasitic Diseases | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
10. | Malignant Neoplasm - Stomach .. | 24 | 14 | 38 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
11. | " - Lung Bronchus | 44 | 8 | 52 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 23 | 17 | 9 |
12. | " - Breast | - | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
13. | " - Uterus | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
14. | " - Other | 64 | 54 | 118 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 42 | 40 | |
15. | Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | l | 2 | - |
16. | Diabetes | 7 | 9 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 6 |
17. | Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | 49 | 55 | 104 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 26 | 12 | 45 |
18. | Coronary disease, Angina | 104 | 83 | 187 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 50 | 80 | 5i |
19. | Hypertension with Heart Disease | 32 | 33 | 65 | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 21 | 25 |
20. | Other Heart Disease | 104 | 109 | 213 | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 25 | 66 | 114 |
21. | Other Circulatory Diseases | 23 | 19 | 42 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 9 | 8 | 23 |
22. | Influenza | 9 | 6 | 15 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
23. | Pneumonia | 44 | 34 | 78 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 17 | 21 | 12 |
24. | Bronchitis | 87 | 41 | 128 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 28 | 15 | 60 |
25. | Other diseases of Respiratory System .. .. | 9 | 2 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 |