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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING YEAR 1905.
| Causes of Death. | Deaths at the Subjoined Ages of "Residents," whether occurring in or beyond the District. | Deaths at all Ages of "Residents " belonging to Localities, whether occurring in or beyond the District. | Total Deaths whether of Residents or Non '' Residents" in Public Institutions in the District. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | North Ward. | East Ward. | West Ward. | ||
| Small-pox | |||||||||||
| Measles | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Whooping Cough | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Croup | |||||||||||
| Fever— | |||||||||||
| Typhus | |||||||||||
| Enteric | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Other continued | |||||||||||
| Epidemic Influenza | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||||
| Cholera | |||||||||||
| Plague | |||||||||||
| Diarrhœa | 40 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | ||||
| Enteritis | 17 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Other Septic Diseases | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 43 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 11 | ||
| Other Tubercular Diseases | 31 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 |
| Cancer, Malignant Disease | 35 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| Bronchitis | 45 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 23 | |||
| Pneumonia | 68 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 27 | 2 |
| Pleurisy | ... | ||||||||||
| Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Alcoholism—Cirrhosis of Liver | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Venereal Diseases | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Premature Birth | 24 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | ||||||
| Diseases and Accidents of Parturition | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Heart Diseases | 48 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 1 | |
| Accidents | 16 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | |
| Suicides | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| All other Causes | 191 | 47 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 54 | 71 | 50 | 52 | 54 | 9 |
| All Causes | 628 | 172 | 73 | 18 | 24 | 200 | 141 | 139 | 184 | 213 | 27 |
| The deaths allocated to each Ward do not include those of "Residents" who died in outlying Institutions. | |||||||||||