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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 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: Table 1.TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS - 1958 (Registrar-General1s Return)

Table 1.

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS - 1958 (Registrar-General1s Return)

CAUSE OF DEATHALL AGESAge Groups
TotalMF-11-5-15-25-45-65-75-
1.Tuberculosis-Respiratory15114-----463
2.„ - Other11-----1---
3.Syphilitic Disease541-----221
4.Diphtheria-----------
5.Whooping Cough-----------
6.Meningococcal Infection-----------
7.Acute Poliomyelitis-----------
8.Measles------1----
9.Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases211-----11-
10.Malignant Neoplasm - Stomach3019111---110118
11.„ - Lung, Bronchus625751---225269
12.„ „ - Breast23-231---31532
13.„ 11 - Uterus5-5----22-1
u.„ „ - Other9355381-44322330
15.Leukaemia, Aleukaemia84411-l-4-1
16.Diabetes13211-----283
17.Vascular Lesions of Nervous System1286068----3263069
18.Coronary Disease, Angina16411054----7565249
19.Hypertension with Heart Disease311516-----11020
20.Other Heart Disease1166353-1--3242662
21.Other Circulatory Diseases382612----471017
22.Influenza743------16
23.Pneumonia84493542---131352
24.Bronchitis11587281--1203459
25.Other Diseases of Respiratory System13103--1--615
26.Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum22175----1696
27.Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea44-2-----2-
28.Nephritis and Nephrosis16106----2446