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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 5.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1925.
| Notifiable Disease | Cases notified in whole District. At Ages—Years. | Total cases notified 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 | 83 | — | 22 | 54 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 24 | 14 | 16 | 29 |
| Diphtheria | 63 | — | 10 | 48 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 19 | 5 | 10 | 29 |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Pneumonia | 44 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 19 |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Erysipelas | 15 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Tuberculosis (Resp.) | 70 | — | 3 | 1 | 26 | 29 | 11 | — | 21 | 8 | 15 | 26 |
| Tuberculosis (Other) | 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 306 | 10 | 52 | 117 | 39 | 61 | 23 | 4 | 86 | 41 | 64 | 115 | |