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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 5.
CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT DEATH DURING YEAR 1920.
| Causes of Death. | Ages at Death, 1920 | Public Institutions in District Resident and Non-Resident | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 | 2 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | ||
| Measles | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Diphtheria | 18 | ... | ... | 6 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18 |
| Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Influenza | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | |
| Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 61 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 14 | 24 | 20 | 2 | ... |
| Tuberculosis Meningitis | 8 | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 8 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Cancer (Malignant Disease) | 57 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 30 | 23 | 2 | ||
| Rheumatic Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | |||
| Meningitis | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ||||||
| Organic Heart Disease | 71 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 16 | 21 | 30 | 2 | |
| Bronchitis | 60 | 10 | 2 | l | ... | ... | 3 | 11 | 33 | ... |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 52 | 12 | 4 | 3 | ... | 2 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 1 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... |
| Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 15 | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| Appendicitis and Typhlitis | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ||
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | 1 | ... | |||||||
| Nephritis and Bright's Disease | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ... |
| Syphilis | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ||||
| Other Aiccdents and Diseases of Pregnancy and and Parturition | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... |
| Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth | 38 | 38 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Violent Deaths (excluding Suicide) | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Suicide | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | |||
| Other Defined Diseases | 199 | 10 | ... | 2 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 40 | 118 | 4 |
| Totals | 671 | 100 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 33 | 93 | 152 | 227 | 33 |