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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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| Total Notified. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | 2 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 67 | 95 |
| Diphtheria | 58 | 61 |
| Pneumonia | 10 | 24 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 3 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | 6 |
| Erysipelas | 7 | 15 |
| Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis | 1 | |
| Male | Female. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | |||||
| Total | 501 | 518 | |||
| Legitimate | 473 | 489 | |||
| Illegitimate | 28 | 29 | |||
| Still Births. | |||||
| Total | 16 | 14 | |||
| Legitimate | 14 | 14 | |||
| Illegitimate | 2 | - | |||
| Notified Live Births. | Ward Distribution. | ||||
| Total Births notified in the district | Total. | N. East. | N. West. | S. East. | S. West. |
| 752 | 231 | 168 | 94 | 259 | |
| Notifications received from other districts | 240 | 82 | 45 | 47 | 66 |
| Births registered but not previously notified | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 1001 | 315 | 216 | 142 | 328 | |
| Notified Still Births Inside | 18. | Outside | 10 | Total | 28 |
| Notifications were received from:— | |||||
| Doctors and Parents | 691 | ||||
| Midwives | 329 | ||||
| Number of Centres provided and maintained by the Council | 4 |
| Total number of attendances at all centres during the year:— | |
| 11;409 | |
| 5,763 | |