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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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AGES AT DEATH, AND WARD DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS IN 1940.
| Causes of Death. | Age in Years. | Ward Distribution. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 | 2 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | l5 ard 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 |
| Influenza | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| Diphtheria | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pulmonary T.B | 37 | - | - | - | 13 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | |||
| Other T.B | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Nervous Diseases | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Diabetes | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Cancer | 112 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 15 | 58 | 33 | 23 | 28 | 28 |
| Sarcoma Hypernephroma | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage, Thrombosis | 58 | 2 | -- | - | - | - | 3 | 14 | 39 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 12 |
| Heart Disease | 108 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 39 | 100 | 46 | 28 | 39 | 45 |
| Other circulatory diseases | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 4 |
| Bronchitis | 38 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 10 |
| Pneumonia | 60 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | 18 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| Other respiratory diseases | 20 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Peptic Ulcer | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Diarrhoea and Gastro. Enteritis | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver and Gall Bladder | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Diseases of Alimentary tract | 9 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Cerebral Tumour | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Nephritis | 32 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 8 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| Senility | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 49 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| Enlarged Prostate | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Childbirth | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Other diseases of Parturition | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cong. Debility and Prematurity | 17 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Suicides | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 5 | 1 |
| Other deaths from Violence | 17 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| Deaths from War Operations | 86 | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 31 | 9 | 35 | 24 | ||
| Infantile Convulsions | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Epilepsy | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Other ill-defined Diseases | 12 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| TOTALS | 805 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 28 | 81 | 226 | 408 | 269 | 164 | 181 | 191 |