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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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The following table gives the number of notifications and deaths from Diphtheria since the adoption of the Notification of infectious Diseases Act, 1889.
| Year. | Population. | Notifications | Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 70,560 | 61 | 4 |
| 1930 | 69,565 | 103 | 9 |
| 1929 | 68,600 | 68 | 1 |
| 1928 | 67,645 | 78 | 7 |
| 1927 | 66,700 | 69 | 1 |
| 1926 | 65,760 | 42 | 2 |
| 1925 | 64,845 | 63 | 1 |
| 1924 | 63,945 | 45 | 5 |
| 1923 | 62,720 | 61 | 3 |
| 1922 | 62,170 | 223 | 12 |
| 1921 | 61,299 | 205 | 16 |
| 1920 | 61,000 | 141 | 18 |
| 1919 | 61,732 | 54 | 2 |
| 1918 | 59,000 | 116 | 2 |
| 1917 | 65,219 | 67 | 3 |
| 1916 | 57,913 | 81 | 4 |
| 1915 | 58,238 | 78 | 14 |
| 1914 | 61,000 | 116 | 10 |
| 1913 | 60,000 | 117 | 8 |
| 1912 | 59,000 | 100 | 8 |
| 1911 | 58,048 | 115 | 9 |
| 1910 | 57,000 | 118 | 8 |
| 1909 | 56,000 | 104 | 22 |
| 1908 | 55,000 | 83 | 7 |
| 1907 | 53,000 | 63 | 5 |
| 1906 | 52,000 | 46 | 2 |
| 1905 | 50,000 | 49 | 4 |
| 1904 | 46,780 | 32 | 2 |
| 1903 | 43,803 | 22 | 4 |
| 1902 | 41,000 | 33 | 6 |
| 1901 | 38,373 | 34 | 4 |
| 1900 | 36,508 | 28 | 4 |
| 1899 | 34,901 | 49 | 7 |
| 1898 | 33,404 | 35 | 8 |
| 1897 | 31,952 | 89 | 28 |
| 1896 | 30,564 | 23 | 8 |
| 1895 | 27,648 | 32 | 5 |
| 1894 | 27,600 | 22 | 5 |
| 1893 | 26,000 | 41 | 2 |
| 1892 | 25,000 | 27 | 4 |
| 1890 | 23,500 | 14 | 7 |