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The attack rate in Acton was 1.28. It will be observed in the
tables that there is a slight discrepancy between the figures in the
Annual Report and those in the return of the Local Government
Board. This is due to two causes. The Annual Report is for the
year ending December 31st, 1913, but the return of the Local
Government Board is for the 52 weeks ending January 3rd. So
that the comparison for the whole county should hold good, I
have included the figures in the comparative columns for the
county as given in the Local Government return, but in the table
giving the figures for former years, the figures for 1913 are the
correct ones for the year.
Diphtheria was not appreciably more prevalent than in 1912
and 1911, and all classes of districts were almost equally affected.
The attack rate for 1913 was 1.39 per 1,000 inhabitants, as compared
with 1.24 in 1912 and 1.32 in 1911. The attack rate in Acton
was 1.88.
Typhoid Fever was also less prevalent, and the decline in the
disease recorded in 1912 was well maintained in 1913. The
attack-rate was .22 per 1,000, as compared with .23 in 1912 and
.38 in 1911. In Acton the attack rate was .07 per 1,000
inhabitants.