London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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| Causes of Death | Total | —1 | 1—2 | 2—5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—45 | 45—65 | 65 + | Ward Distribution*. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N.E. | N.W. | S.E. | S.W. | ||||||||||
| 463 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 117 | 281 | 124 | 138 | 69 | 132 | |
| Nervous System & Diseases of Sense Organs | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - |
| Nephritis | 12 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Parturition Disease (other than Childbirth and Puerperal Pyrexia) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Peptic Ulcer | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 40 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 12 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 8 |
| Prostate Enlargement | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 41 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 11 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 13 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Rheumatism—Diseases of Nutrition, Vitamin Deficiencies | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Sarcoma | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Senility | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 43 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
| Suicide | 6 | - | —. | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Tuberculosis (other than Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Undefined Diseases | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Violent Deaths | 9 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | 3 |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| War Deaths | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| TOTALS | 660 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 54 | 167 | 375 | 201 | 185 | 98 | 176 |