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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 3.
AGES AT DEATH, AND WARD DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS IN 1925.
| Causes of Death | Ages. | Wards. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Influenza | 11 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Meningoccal Meningitis | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 47 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 21 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Cancer | 79 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 39 | 34 | 22 | 17 | 24 | 16 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Diabetes | 9 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | 3 | 2 |
| Cerebral Hemorrhage | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 |
| Heart Disease | 86 | – | – | – | 1 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 42 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 30 |
| Arterio Sclerosis | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Bronchitis | 63 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 42 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 22 |
| Pneumonia (All Forms) | 52 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 21 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | 3 | ] |
| Diarrhoea (under 2 years) | 11 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 4 | 5 |
| Appendicitis and Typhilitis | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Acute and Chronic Nephritis | 17 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Puerperal Sepsis | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Congenital Debility and Malformation Premature Birth | 39 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| Suicide | 7 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Other Deaths from Violence | 13 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Other Defined Diseases | 138 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 86 | 44 | 39 | 20 | 35 |
| Causes ill-defined or unknown | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 669 | 80 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 29 | 69 | 176 | 276 | 190 | 135 | 137 | 207 | |