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15
ERYSIPELAS.
Was very prevalent in the autumn at the time that a keen
wind was blowing. Some of these cases were rather severe. I am
of opinion that not much good is done by notifying these cases
unless it be in houses in which lying-in women are expecting to
be confined.
CHOLERA.
No real case occurred in Acton, although one of the inhabitants
is said to have died from this disease while staying at Cleethorpes.
INFLUENZA.
The Influenza was prevalent this year again and several
deaths were caused by it, and a good many more accelerated by it.
GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE
DISTRICT.
Acton town is situated in the Thames Valley on the
northern side. The soil is a light red clay, on the surface of which
in many parts a good depth of gravel soil is to be found. It is
one of the few districts round London possessing gravel. The
only stream passing through the district is a small portion of the
old Willesden Canal.
It obtains its water supply from the Grand Junction
Water-Works Company. It is supplied on the continuous supply
system.