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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1905.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. | Total Cases notified in each locality. | Number of Cases removed to Hospital from each locality. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | North. | East. | West. | North. | East. | West. | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards | ||||||||
| Small-pox | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Cholera | |||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 49 | 16 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 10 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Membranous Croup | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Erysipelas | 28 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 4 | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 137 | 2 | 37 | 81 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 50 | 55 | 25 | 42 | 41 | |
| Typhus Fever | |||||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Relapsing Fever | |||||||||||||
| Continued Fever | |||||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Plague | |||||||||||||
| Chicken Pox | 177 | 22 | 64 | 83 | 8 | 38 | 64 | 75 | |||||
| Phthisis | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Totals | 414 | 25 | 119 | 195 | 28 | 44 | 3 | 117 | 148 | 149 | 52 | 51 | 50 |