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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 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: TABLE III.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year.

TABLE III.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year.

CAUSES OF DEATH.DEATHS IN WHOLE DISTRICT AT SUBJOINED AGES.Deaths in Public Institutions.
All ages.Under 11 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 6565 and upwards
Small Pox........................
Measles4414282.........2
Scarlet Fever6...42.........6
Whooping-cough871...............
Diphtheria and Membranous croup345217...1...25
Croup........................
Fever:—
Typhus........................
Enteric19............7...10
Other continued........................
Epidemic influenza........................
Cholera........................
Plague........................
Diarrhœa967312......919
Enteritis53445......313
Puerperal fever........................
Erysipelas21.........1...1
Other septic diseases........................
Phthisis192715720136727
Other tubercular diseases........................
Cancer, malignant disease........................
Bronchitis56311589......21412168
Pneumonia........................
Pleurisy........................
Other diseases of Respiratory organs........................
Alcoholism, Cirrhosis of liver........................
Venereal diseases........................
Premature birth........................
Diseases and accidents of parturition........................
Heart diseases753444372321
Accidents........................
Suicides........................
Rheumatic fever3......1...2......
All other causes12164351054440356236...
All causes23117042848781766389...