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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE V.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, 1935.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. At Ages—Years. | Ward Distribution. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Apes | under 1 | l to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | Over 05 | North East | North West | South East | South West | |
| Scarlet Fever | 103 | - | 40 | 46 | 8 | 7 | 2 | - | 31 | 39 | 20 | 13 |
| Diphtheria | 80 | 1 | 23 | 40 | 7 | - | - | - | 28 | 20 | 8 | 15 |
| Pneumonia | 29 | - | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Erysipelas | 22 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 5 | - | 8 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Paratyphoid | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Tuberculosis | 27 | - | 1 | 3 | 29 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 10 | |
| 19 | - | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | ||
| TOTALS | 337 | 3 | 72 | 111 | 51 | 55 | 31 | 14 | l01 | 101 | 47 | 81 |