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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 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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1929

Table: TABLE 6.CASES REMOVED TO HOSPITAL

TABLE 6.

CASES REMOVED TO HOSPITAL

N. East.N. West.S. East.S. West.Total.
Scarlet Fever57203986202
Diphtheria7582444
Typhoid-11-2
Paratyphoid B.11-13
Pneumonia-1-67
Puerperal Fever1---1
Cerebro-Spinal Fever12-36
Dysentery1---1
Puerperal Pyrexia21-14
Erysipelas---55
703148126275

Table: TABLE 7.BIRTHS

TABLE 7.

BIRTHS

Male.Female.
Total Births543483
Legitimate517456
Illegitimate2627

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Ward Distribution of the Births notified in the District.
North East. North West. South East. Smith I Vest. Total.
230 151 120 310 811
Outside Births notified.
North East. North IVest. South East. South West. Total.
69 34 30 44 177
Births Registered but not previously notified.
North East. North West. South East. South West. Total.
5 9 1 5 20
Still Births
Inside 18. Outside 7.
Notifications were received from—
Doctors and Parents 691
Midwives 322

Table: TABLE 8.INFANT WELFARE CENTRES, 1929.

TABLE 8.

INFANT WELFARE CENTRES, 1929.

Health Visitors' Attendances230
Number of Children who attended1719
Number of attendences by Children13910
Number of Children under 1 year of age791
Number of Children over 1 year of age921
Children who attended for first time821
Children treated at Dental Clinic155