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Causes of, and Ages at Death during the Year, 1928
Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.
Causes of Death.
Under
1 year
1 and
under
2 years.
2 and
under
5 years.
5 and
under
15 years.
15 and
under
25 years.
25 and
under
45 years.
45 and
under
65 years.
65 and
upwards.
All
Ages.
Chicken Pox
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Enteric Fever
...
1
...
1
1
2
...
...
5
Small Pox
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Measles
23
41
21
7
...
...
...
...
92
Scarlet Fever
1
...
3
1
...
...
...
...
5
Whooping Cough
11
10
4
...
...
...
...
...
25
Diphtheria and all deaths from Croup (except
"spasmodic" "false" "stridulous" and
"catarrhal")
2
3
12
11
2
1
...
...
31
Influenza
...
...
1
...
...
6
8
8
23
Erysipelas
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Cerebro-Spinal Fever
...
1
1
1
...
...
...
...
3
Typhus Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Continued Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Dysentery
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Glanders
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Anthrax
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
Lead Poisoning
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)
...
...
2
8
59
87
74
14
244
Tuberculous Meningitis (Acute Hydrocephalus)
3
5
6
2
...
...
...
...
10
OtLer Tuberculous Diseases
3
2
3
1
1
4
2
1
17
Rheumatic Fever
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
2
Cancer, malignant disease (Sarcoma, Rodent
Ulcer, etc.)
...
...
...
...
1
29
163
117
310
Bronchitis
16
1
...
1
...
10
96
193
817
Broncho-Pneumonia
63
24
15
3
3
17
44
38
207
Pneumonia (all other forms)
9
3
3
3
3
11
40
34
106
Other diseases of Respiratory Organs
...
...
2
...
...
4
4
11
21
Diarrhoea and Enteritis (all deaths from
Diarrhoea, except those secondary to somewell
defined disease)
57
6
1
...
...
...
...
...
64
Appendicitis and Typhlitis
...
...
1
4
1
1
1
2
10
Alcoholism, Delirium Tremens, acute and
chronic alcoholism (but not those from
organic disease due to alcoholism)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Cirrhosis of Liver
...
...
...
...
...
1
7
...
8
Nephritis and Bright's Disease
1
...
2
...
4
16
51
49
123
Puerperal Fever ( Pyæmia, Septicemia,
Sapræcmia, Pelvic Peritonitis,Peri- and EndoMetritis
occurring in the Puerperium)
...
...
...
...
1
2
...
...
3
Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy
and Parturition
8
...
...
...
2
5
1
...
16
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including
Premature Birth, Atrophy, Marasmus,
want of Breast Milk, but not from
Atelectasis
94
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
94
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide
2
3
5
21
12
10
33
26
112
Suicides
...
...
...
...
5
2
8
6
21
Heart Disease
2
2
2
16
20
30
126
157
355
Old Age
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
104
104
Other Defined Diseases
29
8
8
20
25
47
174
219
530
Diseases ill-defined or unknown
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Encephalitis Lethargica
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
2
Total
35
110
93
101
140
288
882
979
2,868