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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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AGES AT DEATH AND WARD DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS IN 1956
| 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. | ||||||||||
| 520 | 16 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 14 | 132 | 356 | 64 | 50 | 75 | 70 | 49 | 73 | 88 | 51 | |
| Nervous System | 6 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Nephritis | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | – |
| Peptic Ulcer | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 56 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Prostatic Hypertrophy | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 9 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 16 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 1 |
| Sarcoma | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| Senility | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Suicides | 13 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | – | 4 | 4 | _ | 1 | 2 | 2 | – |
| Violent Deaths—Accidents | 27 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| TOTALS | 723 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 171 | 492 | 100 | 76 | 105 | 83 | 77 | 104 | 109 | 69 |