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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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AGES AT DEATH AND WARD DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS IN 1957 —
| 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. | ||||||||||
| 524 | 17 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 22 | 133 | 349 | 72 | 58 | 60 | 62 | 61 | 72 | 91 | 48 | |
| Nephritis | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | |
| Nervous System | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | — | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Peptic Ulcer | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 50 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
| Poisoning | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | I | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Prostatic Hypertrophy | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | — |
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | —— | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Other Respiratory Diseases | 20 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 14 | 2 | 5 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Sarcoma | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Senility | 17 | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | _ | 3 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Suicides | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | — | _ | 3 | 2 | _ | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Violent Deaths | 7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| TOTALS | 686 | 18 _ | 1 | — | — | • 5 | 31 | 166 | 465 | 91 | 85 | 79 | 73 | 81 | 97 | 112 | 68 |