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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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AGES AT DEATH AND WARD DISTRIBUTION IN 1959
| 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. | ||||||||||
| Tuberculosis — respiratory | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | – |
| Tuberculosis — other | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Syphilitic Disease | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other Infective & Parasitic Diseases | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Cancer — Stomach | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 7 | 10 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Cancer — Lungs & Bronchus | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | o |
| Cancer — Breast | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | 2 |
| Cancer — Uterus | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| Other forms of Cancer | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 16 | 41 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 9 |
| Leukaemia, Aleukaemia | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Diabetes | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – |
| Vascular Lesions of Nervous Systems | 95 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 13 | 79 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 15 |
| Coronary Disease — Angina | 134 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 9 | 32 | 92 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 16 |
| Hypertension with Heart Disease | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Other Heart Disease | 74 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 12 | 60 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 8 |
| Carried forward | 480 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 26 | 113 | 340 | 6 | 52 | 58 | 54 | 63 | 66 | 70 | 61 |