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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 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH During Year 1901.
| Causes of Death. | deaths in whole district at subjoined ages. | deaths in localities (at all ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions in Dis. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages. | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | Acton | South Acton | Acton Green | East Acton | Bedford Park | Willesden | ||
| Scarlet fever | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping-cough | 16 | 8 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - |
| Diptheria & membranous croup | 6 | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Fever:- | ||||||||||||||
| Enteric | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Epidemic Influenza | 8 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Diarrhoea | 69 | 62 | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | 21 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - |
| Enteritis | 10 | 9 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Erisipelas | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Other septic diseases | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Phthisis | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 7 | - | 3 | - | - |
| Other tubercular diseases | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 29 | - | - | 1 | - | 16 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Bronchitis | 47 | 17 | 5 | 1 | - | 12 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Pneumonia | 36 | 9 | 12 | 3 | - | 9 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Pleurisy | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Other diseases of Respiratory organs | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alcoholism Cirrhosis of liver | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Premature birth | 27 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Heart diseases | 40 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 27 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Accidents | 17 | 6 | - | 5 | - | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Suicides | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| All other causes | 150 | 51 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 68 | 75 | 22 | 36 | 5 | 9 | 3 | - |
| All causes | 519 | 206 | 44 | 20 | 9 | 125 | 115 | 212 | 136 | 112 | 15 | 28 | 10 | 6 |