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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE III.
AGES AT DEATH, AND WARD DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS IN 1931.
| Causes of Deaths. | 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 65 | 65 and upwards | North East. | North West. | South East. | South West. | |
| Measles | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Influenza | 7 | - | 1 | -- | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Phthisis | 43 | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| Other tubercular diseases | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Cancer | 98 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 13 | 37 | 45 | 33 | 21 | 25 | 19 |
| Rheumatic Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Heart Disease | 71 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 18 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage...... | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| Arterio-scelerosis | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 42 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 7 |
| Diabetes | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Bronchitis | 57 | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 13 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 17 |
| Pneumonia (all forms)...... | 46 | 13 | 5 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 16 |
| Other respiratory diseases | 10 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Diarrhoea | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Peptic Ulcer | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Appendicitis | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 |
| Nephritis | 33 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 11 |
| Puerperal Sepsis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Other diseases or accidents of Parturition | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Post Abortion Sepsis | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| Prematurity;&c. | 31 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
| Suicide | 10 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Other violent deaths | 34 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 9 |
| Other defined diseases | 157 | 6 | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 106 | 44 | 46 | 30 | 37 |
| TOTALS | 742 | 62 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 78 | 170 | 370 | 234 | 183 | 145 | 180 |