Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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compulsory notification been a complete success, and the
reason is not far to seek. The notification was probably of an
incomplete character. Until Measles comes to be regarded by
the public as a serious disease it will be impossible to obtain
the necessary co-operation of parents. It is certain that
parents would not, under present conditions, notify all the
cases, and a doctor is not in attendance on one-third of the
cases.
The street distribution of the deaths was as follows:—
St. Margaret's Terrace | 5 deaths. |
Somerset Road | 4 ,, |
Stirling Road | 2 ,, |
Junction Road | 2 ,, |
Hanbury Road | 2 ,, |
Nelson Place | 2 ,, |
Berrymede Road | 2 ,, |
Southfield Road | 2 ,, |
Stanley Road | 2 ,, |
St. Alban's Avenue | 1 death |
Shirley Road | 1 ,, |
Whellock Road | 1 ,, |
Bolton Road | 1 ,, |
Rothschild Road | 1 ,, |
Palmerston Road | 1 ,, |
Acton Lane | 1 ,, |
Antrobus Road | 1 ,, |
Steele Road | 1 ,, |
Beaconsfield Road | 1 ,, |
Western Road | 1 ,, |
Ramsey Road | 1 ,, |
Berry mead Gardens | 1 ,, |
Petersfield Road | 1 ,, |
Osborne Road | 1 ,, |
Strafford Road | 1 ,, |
Steyne Road | 1 ,, |