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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 1.
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS - 1956
(Registrar-General's Return)
| CAUSES OF DEATH | ALL AGES | Age Groups | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | M | F | -1 | 1- | 5- | 5- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- | |
| 1. Tuberculosis - Respiratory | 17 | 12 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 2. " - Other | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | — | – | – | – |
| 3. Syphilitic Disease | 9 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 6 |
| 4. Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5. Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6. Meningococcal Infection | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| 7. Acute Poliomyelitis | – | – | – | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8. Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9. Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 10. Malignant Neoplasm - Stomach | 26 | 18 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 |
| 11. " - Lung, Bronchus | 70 | 60 | 10 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 31 | 24 | 11 |
| 12. " - Breast | 22 | 1 | 21 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| 13. " - Uterus | 11 | – | 11 | – | — | — | – | — | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| 14. " - Other | 100 | 54 | 46 | 1 | — | 1 | l | 10 | 28 | 26 | 33 |
| 15. Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| 16. Diabetes | 11 | 5 | 6 | — | – | – | – | – | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| 17. Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | 107 | 48 | 59 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 35 | 52 |
| 18. Coronary Disease, Angina | 201 | 136 | 65 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 58 | 73 | 63 |
| 19. Hypertension with Heart Disease | 38 | 19 | 19 | — | — | — | – | 1 | 6 | 15 | |
| 20. Other Heart Disease | 104 | 45 | 59 | – | – | – | – | 4 | 32 | 16 | 52 |
| 21. Other Circulatory Diseases | 56 | 23 | 33 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 29 |
| 22. Influenza | 2 | 2 | — | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| 23. Pneumonia | 77 | 44 | 33 | 7 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 37 |
| 24. Bronchitis | 119 | 83 | 36 | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | 22 | 31 | 62 |
| 25. Other Diseases of Respiratory System | 10 | 7 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 26. Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | 15 | 10 | 5 | – | – | — | — | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 |