Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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table 6. CASES REMOVED TO HOSPITAL, 1924.
N.East.
N. West.
S. East.
S. West.
Total.
Scarlet Fever
31
15
22
17
85
Diphtheria
17
6
2
16
41
Pneumonia
l
1
3
2
7
Puerperal Fever
2
—
2
1
5
Cerebro Spinal Fever
1
-
—
—
1
Acute Poliomyelitis
—
1
—
—
1
Encephalitis Lethargica
1
—
—
1
2
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
—
1
—
1
2
Erysipelas
2
—
—
1
3
Tuberculosis (Resp.)
23
9
8
19
59
Tuberculosis (Other)
5
—
—
3
8
83
33
37
01
214
table 7. births.
Total Births.
Males.
Females.
Legitimate
537
587
Illegitimate
14
20
551
607
Notified Births in District.
N.East. N.West. S.East. S.West. Total.
288 145 214 395 1042
Still-births—16.
Births Registered, but not Notified.
Males. Females. Total.
9 10 19
N.East. N.West. S.East. S.West. Total.
11 I 5 2 19
Notifications week Received from:—
Doctors. Midwives. Nurses. Parents.
556 434 74 21
Notifications of births received from Medical Officers of Health of
other districts:—
N.East. N.West. S.East. S.West.
38 6 16 16
Included in the Registrar General's figures, but of which no intimation
was received during the year 21
Number of Births visited 779
Number of Births revisited 8463
Table 8 infant welfare centres—1924.
Health Visitors Attendances
211
Number of Children who attended
1606
Number of attendances by children
11505
Number of Children under 1 year of age
844
Children who attended Clinic for the first time
762
Children who attended Clinic for the first time
724
Children treated at Dental Clinic
58