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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 5.
CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING YEAR, 1909.
| Causes of Deaths | 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 I year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 05 | 65 and upwards | North-East Ward. | N'th-West Ward | South-east Ward. | South-west Ward. | ||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 40 | 6 | 30 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 1 |
| Scarlet fever | 16 | — | 8 | 5 | 3 | _ | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| "Whooping-cough | 13 | 6 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 22 | 1 | 12 | 9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 |
| Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fever—Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Other continued | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Epidemic influenza | 10 | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Cholera | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Diarrhoea | 29 | 26 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 26 | — |
| Enteritis | 10 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | _ | 8 | — | |
| Gastritis | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | _ | _ | 2 | 2 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | _ | _ | — | — |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary luberculosis) | 49 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 1 |
| Other Tuberculous diseases | 18 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| Cancer, maglignant disease | 52 | — | — | — | — | 30 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 2 |
| Bronchitis | 48 | 11 | 2 | — | —_ | 11 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 70 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 34 | 4 |
| Pleurisy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other diseases of Respiratory Organs | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Alcoholism— Cirrhosis of Liver | 4 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Venereal Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Premature birth | 28 | 28 | _ | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | — |
| Diseases and accidents of parturition | 5 | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Heart diseases | 59 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 85 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 1 |
| Accidents | 18 | 2 | 5 | — | — | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 |
| Suicides | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| All other causes | 203 | 46 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 88 | 42 | 50 | 48 | 63 | 3 |
| All causes | 708 | 158 | 102 | 40 | 30 | 208 | 170 | 124 | 122 | 137 | 325 | 43 |