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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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AGES AT DEATH AND WARD DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS IN 1952—
| 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. | C. | S.E. | S.W. | S. | W. | E. | ||||||||||
| 649 | 15 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 20 | 148 | 462 | 70 | 81 | 86 | 73 | 97 | 87 | 97 | 58 | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 5 | 1 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 25 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Sarcoma | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Senility | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Suicides | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Violent Deaths | 23 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Ill Defined | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| TOTALS | 744 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 " | 4 | 30 | 163 | 525 | 79 | 91 | 96 | 82 | 112 | 100 | 114 | 70 |