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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 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Table: —AGES AT DEATH AND WARD DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS IN 1949.

—AGES AT DEATH AND WARD DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS IN 1949.

Causes of DeathTotalUnder 1 year1—22—55—1515—2525—4545—6565+Ward Distribution.
N.E.N.W.C.S.E.S.W.S.W.E.
Bronchitis70—————11158104513101570
Cerebro-spinal meningitis (Not TB)3———111——1_—1_——1
Cerebral Thrombosis & Haemorrhage80—————21761812157961211
Cancer137—1———1440701710201015181316
Circulatory Disease144—————23181101519013211317
Congenital Disease—Prematurity1515———————2—7—4_11
Diabetes7———————7122—_11_
Digestive Tract Disease8——————35—11—312—
Gastro-Enteritis——————————--—--——
Gall Bladder————————————————
Heart Disease63———1141047714898764
Influenza4——————31————2—11
Liver Diseases51————1121——111—1
Diseases of blood forming Organs10——1—144123—211—
Measles2—11————1———1———
Nervous Diseases9213212—12—1
Nephritis .141————4183—31—133
Peptic Ulcer5—————23——21—11—
Pneumonia49612———430539410495
Carried forward5952334223213739209701025979797067