Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Causes of Death | 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 | North East | North West | South East | South West |
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Whooping Cough | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Diptheria | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Influenza | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 54 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 15 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 24 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 15 | .. | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Cancer (Malignant Disease) | 53 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 17 |
Rheumatic Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Diabetes | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Cerobral Hemorrhage | 43 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 8 |
Heart Disease | 60 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 12 |
Arterio Sclerosis | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | .. | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Bronchitis | 56 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 15 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 16 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 39 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 14 |
Other Respiratory Diseases | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. |
Diarrhoea (under two years) | 13 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 5 |
Appendicitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Nephritis | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Puerperal Sepsis | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 |
Congenital Debility, Malformation and Prematurity | 34 | 34 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 6 | 11 | 10 |
Suicide | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Other forms of Violence | 14 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Other Defined Causes | 140 | 14 | .. | 1 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 79 | 40 | 34 | 34 | 32 |
Ill-defined or Unknown Causes | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
599 | 77 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 98 | 136 | 223 | 163 | 115 | 152 | 169 |