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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 5.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1930.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. At Ages— Years. | Ward Distribution. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 6 to 15 | 16 to 25 | 26 to 45 | 46 to 65 | Over 65 | North East | North West | South East | South West | |
| Small-Pox | 7 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 3 |
| Scarlet-Fever | 207 | - | 60 | 108 | 21 | 18 | - | - | 75 | 30 | 41 | 61 |
| Diphtheria | 103 | 1 | 32 | 58 | 8 | 4 | - | - | 38 | 21 | 10 | 34 |
| Typhoid | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Paratyphoid B. | 2 | - | -_ | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 37 | - | 8 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | 10 | - | -_ | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 6 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 9 | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 20 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| Tuberculosis (resp.) | 97 | 1 | - | 3 | 27 | 53 | 13 | - | 27 | 23 | 12 | 35 |
| Tuberculosis (other) | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| TOTALS | 512 | 13 | 103 | 180 | 76 | 103 | 29 | 8 | 163 | 103 | 74 | 172 |
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