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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, 1934.
| 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 | 236 | 2 | 63 | 139 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 61 | 40 | 74 |
| Diphtheria | 86 | - | 21 | 55 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | 21 | 16 | 17 | 32 |
| Pneumonia | 39 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 14 |
| Erysipelas | 21 | - | - | - | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Meningitis | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Typhoid | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Tuberculosis (resp.) | 82 | - | - | 3 | 24 | 42 | 13 | - | 20 | 21 | 13 | 28 |
| Tuberculosis (other) | 22 | - | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| TOTALS | 501 | 9 | 94 | 210 | 58 | 93 | 31 | 6 | 126 | 124 | 89 | 162 |