Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE V.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, 1933.
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 | |
Scarlet Fever | 442 | - | 100 | 282 | 33 | 25 | 2 | - | 116 | 91 | 61 | 174 |
Diphtheria | 101 | 1 | 47 | 93 | 12 | 7 | 1 | - | 39 | 19 | 33 | 70 |
Enteric Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pneumonia | 54 | - | 10 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 21 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Erysipelas | 25 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Tuberculosis (resp.) | 78 | - | - | 2 | 22 | 37 | 17 | - | 26 | 18 | 10 | 24 |
Tuberculosis (other) | 11 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
TOTALS | 779 | 4 | 157 | 390 | 78 | 97 | 46 | 7 | 205 | 151 | 122 | 301 |