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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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TABLE B.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1932.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. At Ages—Years. | Ward Distribution. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | Over 65 | North East | North West | South East | South West | |
| Small-Pox | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Scarlet-Fever | 537 | — | 185 | 286 | 33 | 32 | 1 | -_ | 115 | 09 | 110 | 243 |
| Diphtheria | 151 | 1 | 47 | 85 | 12 | 5 | 1 | - | 38 | 25 | 31 | 57 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Paratyphoid B. | 2 | — | — | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 41 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 14 |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Septicaemia | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 19 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis (resp.) | 96 | — | - | 4 | 35 | 35 | 20 | 2 | 28 | 22 | 18 | 28 |
| Tuberculosis (other) | 18 | - | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | - | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| TOTALS | 878 | 7 | 245 | 387 | 92 | 97 | 40 | 10 | 203 | 144 | 174 | 357 |