London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| Causes of Death | Total | Under 1 year | 1—2 | 2—5 | 6—15 | 15—25 | 25—45 | 45—65 | 65 + | Ward Distribution. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N.E. | N.W. | C. | S.E. | S.W. | S. | W. | E. | ||||||||||
| 137 | 70 | 102 | 59 | 79 | 79 | 70 | 07 | ||||||||||
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | |||
| Prostatis Hypertrophy | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | .3 | 15 | — | 6 | 2 | 2 | — | — | ||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | — | — | — | — | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Rheumatism & Nutritional Diseases | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Senility | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Suicides | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | |
| Violent Deaths including Road Accident Casualities | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| TOTALS | 735 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 108 | 475 | 93, | 84 | 123 | 98 | 100 | |||||