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Acton 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1913.
TABLE 2.
| Notifiable Disease | Cases Notified in whole District | Total cases notified in each Ward | Total eases removed to Hospital | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages—Years | North-East | North-West | South-East | South-West | ||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 & upwards | |||||||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria, including membranous croup | 117 | - | 40 | 66 | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | 34 | 18 | 20 | 45 | 91 |
| Erysipelas | 33 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
| Scarlet fever | 80 | 1 | 21 | 45 | 9 | 4 | - | - | 24 | 10 | 19 | 27 | 68 |
| Typhus fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric fever | 4 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 |
| Relapsing fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal fever | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis | 6 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 159 | - | 3 | 13 | 26 | 84 | 30 | 3 | 38 | 21 | 26 | 74 | 75 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 42 | - | 7 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 2 | - | 11 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 18 |
| Totals | 446 | 3 | 79 | 143 | 52 | 121 | 43 | 5 | 122 | 59 | 92 | 173 | 262 |
Isolation Hospital
Name and
Situation
Friar's Place.
Total available beds, 73.
Number of Diseases that can be concurrently treated, 3.