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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 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: Table 1.TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AMD AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS - 1954 (Registrar-General's Return)

Table 1.

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AMD AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS - 1954 (Registrar-General's Return)

CAUSES OF DEATHALL AGESAge Groups
TotalMF-11-5-15-25-45-65-75-
1. Tuberculosis - Respiratory30273----415101
2. " - Other633-1-4-1--
3. Syphilitic Disease1046-----271
4. Diphtheria-----------
5. Whooping Cough-----------
6. Meningococcal Infection211-2------
7. Acute Poliomyelitis-----------
8. Measles-----------
9. Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases-----------
10. Malignant Neoplasm - Stomach372314----413812
11 " - Lung, Bronchus52448----124189
12. " - Breast15-15----3741
13. " - Uterus5-5-----41-
14. " - Other1458263--2-8575424
15. Leukaemia, Aleukaemia734--111121
16. Diabetes927-----522
17. Vascular Lesions of Nervous System1045252----1183847
18. Coronary Disease, Angina1519754----4574149
19. Hypertension with Heart Disease351619-----11321
20. Other Heart Disease1024953----3262152