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 1
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS - 1964 (Registrar-General's Return)
| CAUSE OF DEATH | ALL AGES | Age Groups | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | M | F | -1 | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | |
| 1 Tuberculosis - Respiratory | 7 | 7 | — | — | - | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| 2 " -Other | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 3 Syphilitic Disease | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 4 Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 10 Malignant Neoplasm - Stomach | 31 | 18 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 " " - Lung, Bronchus | 80 | 66 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 30 | 23 | 16 | |
| 12 " " - Breast | 19 | - | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |
| 13 " " - Uterus | 8 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 " " - Other | 103 | 61 | 42 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 34 |
| 15 Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - |
| 16 Diabetes | 10 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 Vascular Lesions of Nervous System | 100 | 42 | 58 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 54 |
| 18 Coronary Disease, Angina | 188 | 121 | 67 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 17 | 48 | 60 | 58 |
| 19 Hypertension with Heart Disease | 11 | 5 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 20 Other Heart Disease | 77 | 30 | 47 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 48 |
| 21 Other Circulatory Diseases | 54 | 15 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 30 |
| 22 Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23 Pneumonia | 79 | 44 | 35 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 14 | 46 |
| 24 Bronchitis | 82 | 62 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 10 | 23 | 44 | |||
| 25 Other Diseases of Respiratory Sygtem | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 26 Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | 12 | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 27 Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | |
| 28 Nephritis and Nephrosis | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - |