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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 3. AGES AT DEATH, AND WARD DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS IN 1930.
| Causes of Death. | Age in Years. | Ward Distribution. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 05 | 65 and upwards | North East | North West | South East | South West | |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Measles | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -_ | -_ | -_ | -_ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | -_ | -_ | -_ | 1 | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 9 | 1 | - | 5 | 3 | - | -_ | -_ | -_ | 5 | - | 1 | 3 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Influenza | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Phthisis | 57 | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 31 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 24 |
| Other tubercular diseases | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 4 |
| Syphilis | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Cancer | 86 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 40 | 41 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 17 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Heart Disease | 77 | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 40 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 20 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 9 |
| Arterio-scelerosis | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Diabetes | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Bronchitis | 41 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 13 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 42 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | 8 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 16 |
| Other respiratory diseases | 9 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Diarrhoea | 6 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Appendicitis | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Nephritis | 27 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Puerperal sepsis | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Oilier diseases or accidents of Parturition | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Prem. births, congenital diseases & deformity | 37 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 9 | 6 | 11 |
| Suicide | 6 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Other violent deaths | 24 | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Other defined diseases | 134 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 85 | 36 | 31 | 35 | 32 |
| TOTALS | 693 | 56 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 34 | 82 | 184 | 282 | 196 | 108 | 143 | 186 |
1930
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