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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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CASES REMOVED TO HOSPITAL.
TABLE 6.
| Scarlet Fever | 82 | 103 |
| Diphtheria | 78 | 80 |
| Pneumonia | 13 | 29 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 16 | 22 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 2 |
| Paratyphoid | 2 | 2 |
TABLE 7.
| Male | Female. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | |||||
| Total | 461 | 407 | 868 | ||
| Legitimate | 436 | 387 | 823 | ||
| Illegitimate | 25 | 20 | 45 | ||
| Still Births. | |||||
| Total | 19 | 15 | 34 | ||
| Legitimate | 18 | 13 | 31 | ||
| Illegitimate | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Notified Live Births. | Ward Distribution. | ||||
| Total Births notified in | Total. | N. East. N. | West. | S. East. | S. West. |
| the district | 407 | 136 | 63 | 45 | 163 |
| Notifications received from other districts | 442 | 156 | 121 | 60 | 105 |
| Notified Still Birth Inside | 5 | Outside | 18 | Total 23 | |
| Notifications were received from:- | |||||
| Doctors and Parents | 701 | ||||
| Midwives | 171 | ||||
Table 8.
| Number of Centres provided and maintained by the Council | 4 |
| Total number of attendances at all centres during the year:— | |
| (a) by children under 1 year of age | 10,295 |
| (b) by children between 1 and 5 years of age | 7,817 |