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Acton 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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| Northern Hospital, Winchmore Hill | 1 |
| Chiswick Hospital | 1 |
| St. Thomas' Hospital | 1 |
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Deaths, 76; Death-rate per 1,000, 1.3.
The so-called Zymotic death-rate includes deaths from seven
the principal Zymotic diseases: Small-pox, Measles, Whooping>ugh,
Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Diarrhoea and Enteric Fever.
Most of these diseases are separately dealt with.
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE. The following notifications of infectious disease were received during the year:—
| N.-East. | N.-West. | S.-East. | S.-West. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 10 | 19 | 27 | 80 | |
| Diphtheria | 18 | 20 | |||
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 1 | — | ||
| Erysipelas | 9 | 12 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | — | ||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 38 | 26 | |||
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 11 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 42 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 92 | 446 |
Before we make a comparison of infectious disease in the
district last year with previous years, a comparison with the rest
of the county would be interesting, and the material for such
comparison is available. Taking the county as a whole, Scarlet
Fever was much more prevalent in 1913 than in either of the two
previous years, the attack rate being equal to 3.57 per 1,000 of the
population, compared with 2.98 and 2.90 in 1912 and 1911
respectively. The increase was much more noticeable in the urban
districts than in the rural, where the attack rate was only slightly
higher than in former years.