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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 1962
[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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.)