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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
Acton 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 3.
CAUSES OF. AND AGES AT. DEATH DURING YEAR, 1911.
| Causes of Deaths | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents," whether occurring within or without the District. | Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or " Non-Resi-dents" in Institutions in the District. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 23 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | ||
| Enteric | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | _ |
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 44 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 6 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Whooping-cough | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 9 | — | — | 6 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| Influenza | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | I | 1 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 51 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 1 | — |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 6 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Other Tuberculous diseases | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rheumatic Fever | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Cancer, maglignant disease | 52 | — | _ | 1 | — | — | 3 | 22 | L'6 | 3 |
| Bronchitis | 58 | 12 | _ | — | — | — | 3 | 17 | 26 | — |
| Broncho-Pneumonia | 22 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pneumonia (all other forms) | 31 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| Other diseases of Respiratory Organs | 6 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 98 | 68 | 21 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 5 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Alcoholism | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 8 | _ | _ | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | — | — |
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 15 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Congenital Debility and Malformat'on, including Premature birth | 62 | 60 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 22 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| Suicides | 3 | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | 1 | — | — | |
| Other defined diseases | 236 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 60 | 100 | 7 |
| Diseases, ill-defined or unknown | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| All causes | 777 | 205 | 67 | 49 | 34 | 28 | 81 | 143 | 170 | 33 |