London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Acton 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
This page requires JavaScript
| Causes of Death. | Ages. | Wards. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Under 1 week | 1—2 weeks | 2—3 weeks | 3—4 weeks | 1—3 months | 3—6 months | 6—9 months | 9—12 months | North East | North West | South East | South West | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 8 | I | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Pneumonia | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Convulsions | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Congenital Debility and Atrophy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Congenital Malformation | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Marasmus | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Premature Birth | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Injury at Birth | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Pemuigus | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Osteo-myelitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Interssussception | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Other Causes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 62 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 22 |
33
1927