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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 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING The Year 1901.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | CASES NOTIFIED IN WHOLE DISTRICT | total cases notified in each locality. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages | Under 1 | 1 tob 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 35 | 25 to 65 | 65 and upwards | Acton | South Acton | Acton Green | East Acton | Bedford Park | Willesden | |
| Small-Pox | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | – | – | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Diptheria | 34 | — | 14 | 14 | 2 | 4 | — | 11 | 12 | 8 | — | 2 | 1 |
| Membranous Croup | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 26 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 82 | — | 16 | 45 | 16 | 5 | — | 31 | 23 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Enteric Fever | 27 | — | — | 8 | 8 | 11 | — | 6 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken Pox | 25 | 5 | 12 | 8 | — | — | — | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Totals | 197 | 6 | 43 | 76 | 30 | 37 | 5 | 61 | 66 | 44 | 11 | 9 | 6 |