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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 5.
TOTAL DEATHS—WARD DISTRIBUTION.
| Total | North East | North West | South East | South West | Untraced | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 25 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | — |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — |
| Influenza | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 61 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 1 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 7 | 3 | — | — | 4 | — |
| Cancer, malignant disease | 55 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 11 | — |
| Rheumatic Fever | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Meningitis | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — |
| Organtic Heart Disease | 62 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 24 | — |
| Bronchitis | 53 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 28 | — |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 68 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 33 | — |
| Other diseases of respiratory Organs | 7 | 3 | — | — | 4 | — |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 26 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | — |
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Alcoholism 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Nephritis and Brights Disease | 19 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Other accidents and diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 46 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 26 | — |
| Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | — |
| Suicide | 7 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | — |
| Other Defined Diseases | 172 | 49 | 44 | 37 | 40 | 2 |
| Diseases ill-defined or unknown | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 693 | 164 | 119 | 132 | 275 | 3 |