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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1923.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. At Ages—Years. | In Wards. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | North East | North West | South East | South West | |
| Scarlet Fever | 160 | 1 | 25 | 102 | 22 | 10 | .. | .. | 47 | 18 | 68 | 27 |
| Diptheria | 61 | 3 | 14 | 36 | 3 | 5 | .. | .. | 10 | 13 | 10 | 28 |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Pneumonia | 28 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 16 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 9 | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Tuberculosis (Resp.) | 73 | .. | .. | 1 | 22 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 23 | 28 |
| Tuberculosis (Other) | 24 | .. | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | .. | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 377 | 10 | 56 | 150 | 57 | 68 | 32 | 4 | 90 | 44 | 128 | 115 | |