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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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AGES AT DEATH AND WARD DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS IN 1947.
| 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. | ||||||||||
| 504 | 39 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | 18 | 124 | 314 | 171 | 132 | 80 | 121 | |
| Nephritis | 13 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Parturition Disease | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Peptic Ulcer | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Pneumonia | 4-2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 12 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 10 | |
| Prostatic Enlargement | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | — |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 34 | — | 1 | — | — | 6 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 7 |
| Respiratory Disease | 25 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Rheumatism | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sarcoma | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | —2 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Senility | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | 48 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 10 |
| Suicide | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| T.B. (other than Pulmonary) | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Undefined Disease | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Violent Deaths | 20 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TOTALS | 720 | 50 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 48 | 166 | 427 | 247 | 189 | 118 | 166 |