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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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AGES AT DEATH AND WARD DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS IN 1993
| 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. | ||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Cancer | 151 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 56 | 90 | 22 | 13 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 25 | 19 |
| Cerebral Haemorrhage & Thrombosis | 87 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 15 | 71 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 4 |
| Circulatory Disease | 133 | - | -_- | -_ | 1 | -_ | 3 | 24 | 105 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 11 |
| Cirrhosis | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | _ |
| Congenital Debility & Prematurity | 16 | 13 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| Diabetes | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | _ | — | 1 | 1 |
| Digestive Tract Disease | 6 | 1 | — | - | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — |
| Gastro-Enteritis | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Heart Disease | 71 | — | — | _ | — | 1 | 3 | 14 | 53 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| Leukaemia & Diseases of Blood Forming Organs | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Meningococcal Septicaemia | 1 | _- | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — |
| Nervous Diseases | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Nephritis | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Peptic Ulcer | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Carried forward | 535 | 14 | 4 | - | 2 | 2 | 17 | 128 | 368 | 75 | 66 | 64 | 69 | 58 | 69 | 83 | 51 |