Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 10.
CASES OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES REMOVED TO HOSPITAL DURING 1920.
North East | North West | South East | South West | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 43 | 21 | 38 | 37 | 139 |
Diphtheria | 31 | 14 | 32 | 35 | 112 |
Pneumonia | ... | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
Puerperal Fever | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Erysipelas | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 17 | 14 | 18 | 26 | 75 |
Tuberculosis (other forns) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
93 | 51 | 96 | 111 | 351 |
TABLE 11.
OUTSIDE DEATHS AND PLACES OF OCCURRENCE.
Isleworth Infirmary | 90 |
Middlesex County Council Tuberculosis Hospital | 13 |
Springfield Mental Hospital | 12 |
West London Hospital | 12 |
Middlesex Hospital | 5 |
Queen Charlotte's Hospital | 4 |
University College Hospital | 4 |
St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 4 |
Mothers' Hospital, Clapton | 3 |
Clare Hall Sanatorium | 3 |
Other Hospitals | 40 |
Nursing Homes | 6 |
Places other than Hospitals, Public Institutions or Nursing Homes | 21 |
217 |
TABLE 12.
INQUESTS.
Held in the District | 32 | ||
Causes of Death. | |||
Run over by a Lorry | 2 | Fatty Heart | 11 |
Run over by a Train | 2 | Valvular disease of Heart | 2 |
Suicide | 2 | Enlarged Thyrus Gland | 2 |
Burns | 2 | Broncho-penumonia | 1 |
Accidental drowning | 1 | Bronchitis | 1 |
Fall from a ladder | 1 | Pleurisy | 1 |
Injury at Birth | 2 | Intestinal obstruction | 1 |
Accidental Fall | 1 | ||
Deaths outside the District | 12 | ||
Fracture of Thigh | 2 | Meningitis | 2 |
Suicide | 2 | Cerebral Haemorrhage | 1 |
Found drowned | 1 | Fatty Heart | 1 |
Knocked down by taxi-cab | 1 | Broncho-pneumonia | 1 |
Fall from an Aeroplane | 1 |