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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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| Causes of Death | Total | Under 1 year | 1-2 | 2—5 | 5—15 | 15-25 | 25—45 | 45—65 | 65 + | Ward Distribution. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N.E. | N.W. | S.E. | S.W. | ||||||||||
| 477 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 137 | 291 | 157 | 138 | 77 | 107 | |
| Meningitis (not C.S.M. or T.B..) | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Nephritis | 13 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Nervous System & Diseases of Sense Organs | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Parturition Disease (other than Childbirth and Puerperal Pyrexia) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Peptic Ulcer | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 52 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 10 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 22 |
| Prostatic Hypertrophy | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 35 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 9 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Rheumatism—Diseases of Nutrition, Vitamin Deficiencies | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Sarcoma | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Senility | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 52 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 12 |
| Suicides | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis (other than Pulmonary Tuberculosis) | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Undefined Diseases | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Violent Deaths | 22 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| TOTALS | 720 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 46 | 186 | 431 | 237 | 201 | 108 | 174 |