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Acton 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Table: TABLE 3.CAUSES OF AND AGES AT DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1922.

TABLE 3.

CAUSES OF AND AGES AT DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1922.

Causes of Death.All AgesUnder 1 year1 and under 22 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 4545 and under 6565 and upwardsNorth EastNorth WestSouth EastSouth West
Measles51121............11...3
Whooping Cough4211..................121
Scarlet Fever3.........21.........1...11
Diphtheria12...1461.........2145
Influenza171.........2...31132102
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)48.........210211231351614
Tuberculous Meningitis2.........2............2.........
Other Tuberculous Diseases612......11...12112
Cancer (Malignant Disease)72...............630*3619181817
Rheumatic Fever1...............1.........1......
Meningitis1............1..................1
Organic Heart Disease78.........1...7254525181223
Bronchitis40l1......1352996916
Pneumonia (All Forms)5315511311981061423
Other Respiratory Diseases10......1...124234...3
Diarrhoea and Enteritis1192...............2...27
Appendicitis and Typhlitis5............21111112
Cirrhosis of Liver1.....................1......1...
Alcoholism.......................................
Nephritis and Brights Disease15............111123336
Syphilis.......................................
Puerperal Fever1............1.........1.........
Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition3............12......11...1
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Prematurity3636.....................910512
Violent Deaths (excluding Suicide)181......145254284
Suicide6............11313111
Other Defined Diseases1848236319489561394242
632751512223481153240175121150186