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Acton 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE V.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, 1931.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. At Ages-Years. | Ward Distribution. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | under 1 | 1 to 5 | 1 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 26 to 45 | 46 to 65 | Over 65 | North East | North West | South East | South West | |
| Small-Pox | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Scarlet-Fever | 95 | 1 | 23 | 50 | 11 | 10 | - | - | 44 | 17 | 18 | 16 |
| Diphtheria | 61 | 2 | 14 | 35 | 4 | 6 | - | - | 22 | 8 | 9 | 22 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Acute Anterior'PoIiomyelitis | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 24 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 15 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Tuberculosis (resp.) | 80 | - | - | 4 | 26 | 32 | 18 | - | 25 | 15 | 17 | 23 |
| Tuberculosis (other) | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| TOTALS | 312 | 13 | 48 | 98 | 52 | 70 | 29 | 2 | 110 | 57 | 54 | 91 |