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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 5.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, 1921.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District At Ages—Yeats. | Total cases notified in each ward. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 5 to 65 | 65 and upwards. | North-East. | North-West | South-East. | South-West | |
| Scarlet Fever | 105 | 24 | 65 | 10 | 6 | ... | ... | 38 | 18 | 25 | 24 | |
| Diphtheria | 45 | 11 | 22 | 11 | 1 | ... | ... | 19 | 2 | 17 | ||
| Enteric Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pneumonia | 54 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 17 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | l | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | l | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 22 | ... | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| Tuberculosis, (Resp.) | 85 | ... | ... | 1 | 19 | 46 | 18 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 31 |
| Tuberculosis, (Other) | 9 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 4 | |
| Total | 337 | 7 | 59 | 98 | 57 | 76 | 36 | 4 | 108 | 48 | 75 | 106 |