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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Acton 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Table: TABLE 10.CASES OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES REMOVED TO HOSPITAL DURING 1920.

TABLE 10.

CASES OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES REMOVED TO HOSPITAL DURING 1920.

North EastNorth WestSouth EastSouth WestTotal
Scarlet Fever43213837139
Diphtheria31143235112
Pneumonia...257
Puerperal Fever......213
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis1......12
Ophthalmia Neonatorum......112
Erysipelas1.........1
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary)1714182675
Tuberculosis (other forns)23510
935196111351

Table: TABLE 11.OUTSIDE DEATHS AND PLACES OF OCCURRENCE.

TABLE 11.

OUTSIDE DEATHS AND PLACES OF OCCURRENCE.

Isleworth Infirmary90
Middlesex County Council Tuberculosis Hospital13
Springfield Mental Hospital12
West London Hospital12
Middlesex Hospital5
Queen Charlotte's Hospital4
University College Hospital4
St. Bartholomew's Hospital4
Mothers' Hospital, Clapton3
Clare Hall Sanatorium3
Other Hospitals40
Nursing Homes6
Places other than Hospitals, Public Institutions or Nursing Homes21
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Table: TABLE 12.INQUESTS.

TABLE 12.

INQUESTS.

Held in the District32
Causes of Death.
Run over by a Lorry2Fatty Heart11
Run over by a Train2Valvular disease of Heart2
Suicide2Enlarged Thyrus Gland2
Burns2Broncho-penumonia1
Accidental drowning1Bronchitis1
Fall from a ladder1Pleurisy1
Injury at Birth2Intestinal obstruction1
Accidental Fall1
Deaths outside the District12
Fracture of Thigh2Meningitis2
Suicide2Cerebral Haemorrhage1
Found drowned1Fatty Heart1
Knocked down by taxi-cab1Broncho-pneumonia1
Fall from an Aeroplane1