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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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AGES AT DEATH AND WARD
DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS IN 1950—
| Causes of Death | Total | Under 1 year | 1—2 | 2—5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—45 | 45—65 | 65 + | N.E. | N.W. | Ward Distribution. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. | S.E. | S.W. | S. | W. | E. | ||||||||||||
| 651 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 180 | 410 | 67 | 88 | 97 | 84 | 88 | 83 | 89 | 55 | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Other forms of T.B. | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | — |
| Senility | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 62 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| Suicides | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Violent Deaths | 26 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Ill-defined | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| TOTALS | 782 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 204 | 489 | 89 | 100 | 115 | 99 | 101 | 96 | 112 | 70 |