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A perusal of the foregoing table reveals the following
points of interest.
Although Stepney's female death- rate from all causes is
lower than that for Ehgland and Wales, the loss of years of
both working life and total life is greater. The years of
life lost from tuberculosis is higher than the national
average.
The female death rate from cancer (all sites) is
average, but the loss of expected years of life is greater.
The male death rate in the Borough frcm coronary
disease is.average, but the loss of years of life is
considerably lower than average.
Unfortunately cancer of the lung in Stepney males is
approximately 50 per cent, greater than in England and
Wales in rate and also in loss of years of both working and
total life.
The loss of years of working life from deaths from
bronchitis and pneumonia is about the same as the national
figure, although both the death rate and loss of years of
total life are considerably higher.

The total number of unonplqyed at the end of 1953 was 2,002.
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