Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table I
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS - 1962 (Registrar-General's Return)
CAUSE OF DEATH | ALL AGES | Age Groups | |||||||||
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Total | M | F | -1 | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75- | |
1 Tuberculosis - Respiratory | 12 | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
2 " - Other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
3 Syphilitic Disease | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
5 Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
6 Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
7 Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
8 Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
9 Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
10 Malignant Neoplasm - Stomach | 31 | 18 | 13 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
11 " " - Lung, Bronchus | 66 | 55 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 34 | 24 | 7 |
12 " " - Breast | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | 1 |
13 " " - Uterus | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - |
14 " " - Other | 95 | 50 | 45 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 28 |
15 Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | 8 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | - | 2 |
16 Diabetes | 13 | 3 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 6 |
17 Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | 80 | 38 | 42 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 19 | 26 | 33 |
18 Coronary Disease, Angina | 206 | 126 | 80 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 59 | 73 | 69 |
19 Hypertension with Heart Disease | 22 | 9 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 8 | 10 |
20 Other Heart Disease | 105 | 50 | 55 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 65 |
21 Other Circulatory Diseases | 51 | 24 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 14 | 30 |
22 Influenza | 8 | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 |
23 Pneumonia | 122 | 68 | 54 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 15 | 25 | 76 |
24 Bronchitis | 128 | 97 | 31 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 30 | 34 | 60 |
25 Other Diseases of Respiratory System | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 6 |
26 Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | 12 | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 8 |
27 Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
28 Nephritis and Nephrosis | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - |
(Contd.)