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Acton 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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CASES REMOVED TO HOSPITAL.
Total
Notified.
Scarlet Fever 369 442
Diphtheria 157 161
Enteric Fever 1 1
Pneumonia 26 54
Puerperal Pyrexia 3 3
Encephalitis Lethargica — 1
Cerebro-Spinal Fever 1 1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 1 2
Erysipealas 13 25
TABLE 7. BIRTHS.
Male
Female.
Total.
Live Births.
Total
469
417
886
Legitimate
446
400
846
Illegitimate
23
17
40
Still Births.
Total
19
14
33
Legitimate
19
12
31
Illegitimate

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2
Notified Live Births. Ward Distribution.
Total Births notified in Total. N. East. N. West. S. East. S. West.
the district 545 165 115 77 188
Notifications received
from other districts 328 109 97 49 73
Notified Still Births.
Inside12. Outside 15 Total27
Notifications were received from:—
Doctors and Parents 645
Midwives 255
Table 8. INFANT WELFARE CEN1RES, 1931.
Number of Centres provided and maintained by the Council
Total number of attendances at all centres during
the year:—
4
(a) by children under 1 year of age
8;643
(b) by children between 1 and 5 years of age
7,565