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Acton 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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1926
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TABLE V.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1926.
| 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 | 103 | 1 | 23 | 68 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 24 | 32 | ||
| Diphtheria | 42 | — | 7 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 20 | ||
| Enteric Fever | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pneumonia | 24 | 3 | 5 | 4 | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Erysipelas | 23 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| Tuberculosis (Resp.) | 101 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 49 | 14 | 1 | 32 | 19 | 16 | 34 | |
| Tuberculosis (Other) | 17 | — | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 322 | 10 | 39 | 114 | 50 | 74 | 27 | 8 | 84 | 58 | 64 | 116 | |