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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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| Causes of Deaths. | Age in Years. | Ward Distribution. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | Under I 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 | - | - |
| Measles | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 7 | - | l | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Influenza | 5 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cerebro spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Phthisis | 50 | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | 19 | 16 | - | - | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 12 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Syphilis | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| G.P.l. & Tabes Dorsalis | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Cancer | 99 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 49 | 44 | 24 | 27 | 22 | 26 |
| Diabetes | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, &c. | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 12 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
| Heart Disease | 157 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 103 | 47 | 31 | 34 | 45 |
| Aneurysm | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | l | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Other Circulatory Diseases | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 37 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 15 |
| Bronchitis | 32 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | l | 9 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 10 |
| Pneumonia | 38 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 5 | - |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Peptic Ulcer | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Diarrhoea | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Appendicitis | 8 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | - | 5 | 1 | |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | l | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Other diseases of Liver | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Other Digestive Diseases | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | l | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nephritis | 24 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| Puerperal Sepsis | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | l | 1 | - | - |
| Other diseases, &c. of Parturition | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Congenital debility, Prematurity,&c. | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 3 | 2 | - |
| Senility | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 38 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 9 |
| Suicide | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Other deaths from violence | 13 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | ] | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Other defined diseases | 68 | 6 | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 16 |
| TOTALS. | 727 | 39 | 14 | 12 | 24 | 27 | 61 | 215 | 335 | 195 | 184 | 142 | 906 |