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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 1 (contd.) _______
| CAUSES OF DEATH | ALL AGES. | Age Groups | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | M | F | -1 | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- | |
| 21. Other Circulatory Diseases | 61 | 37 | 24 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 25 | 26 |
| 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| 23. Pneumonia | 62 | 39 | 23 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 18 | 31 |
| 24. Bronchitis | 89 | 73 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 16 | 33 | 39 |
| 25. Other Diseases of Respiratory System | 22 | 15 | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| 26. Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | 16 | 12 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| 27. Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| 28. Nephritis and Nephrosis | 10 | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 29. Hyperplasia of Prostate | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 9 |
| 30. Pregnancy, childbirth, abortion | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| 31. Congenital malformations | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 32. Other defined' and ill-defined diseases | 84 | 48 | 36 | 29 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 14 |
| 33. Motor vehicle accidents | 10 | 6 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 34. All other accidents | 22 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| 35. Suicide | 13 | 9 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | 1 |
| 36. Homicide and operations of war | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Males | 683 | - | 26 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 189 | 213 | 206 | |
| Females | - | 443 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 124 | 118 | 155 | |
| . GRAND TOTAL: | 1126 | 41 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 56 | 313 | 331 | 361 | ||