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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Visits were made by Miss Bulkeley Williams to the
following diseases in addition to the necessary visits re
School Cards:—
Measles 216
Chicken-pox 6
Scarlet Fever 140
Phthisis 46
Diphtheria 25
Erysipelas 22
Enteric Fever 5
Puerperal Fever 6
T otal 466
Bacteriological Examinations.
During the year there were 43 Bacteriological
Examinations made for the presence of—
Positive Results.
Diphtheria Bacillus 10 4
Enteric (Widal's reaction) 0 0
Tubercle Bacillus 33 7