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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1945.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. At Ages—Years. | Ward Distribution. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | Over 65 | North East | North West | South East | South West | |
| Scarlet Fever | 65 | - | 12 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 12 | 21 | 6 | 26 |
| Diphtheria | 10 | - | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 8 | |
| Pneumonia | 48 | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 7 | |
| Erysipelas | 7 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | - | - | -_ | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dysentery | 28 | - | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 10 | 10 | 2 | 6 |
| Tuberculosis (resp.) | 110 | - | 1 | 3 | 38 | 38 | 26 | 4 | 42 | 30 | 16 | 22 |
| Tuberculosis (non-resp.) | 18 | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | - | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Measles | 519 | 18 | 295 | 187 | 15 | 4 | - | - | 167 | 118 | 104 | 130 |
| Whooping Cough | 25 | 4 | 12 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Meningitis | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| TOTALS | 844 | 27 | 340 | 269 | 68 | 73 | 53 | 15 | 265 | 220 | 145 | 214 |