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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Medical Officer of Health
for the year 1907.
130 Churchfield Road,
Acton, W.
April, 1908.
To the Chairman and Members
0/ the Acton District Council.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to submit to the Council a report on the
sanitary conditions of the district, together with the vital and other
statistics for the year 1907.
The death-rate was slightly higher in 1907 than in 1906. The
increased mortality was entirely confined to the first quarter of the
year, and was due to the large number of deaths from diseases
of the lung. Some of these deaths were due to complications of
Measles, an epidemic of which prevailed in the district during the
earlier months of the year.
The number of deaths under 12 months of age was one less
than that of 1906. This cannot be considered satisfactory, in view
of the favourable meteorological conditions which prevailed during
the fourth quarter.
There was an extensive outbreak of Scarlet Fever in the autumn,
but the majority of the cases were mild in character.
The incidence of Diphtheria and Enteric Fever remains very
low.