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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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| Total Notified. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 156 | 177 |
| Diphtheria | 12 | 12 |
| Pneumonia | 19 | 35 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 6 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 17 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 2 |
| Paratyphoid | 1 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | 1 |
| Male | Female. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births. | |||||
| Total | 464 | 417 | 881 | ||
| Legitimate | 453 | 392 | 845 | ||
| Illegitimate | 11 | 25 | 36 | ||
| Still Births. | |||||
| Total | 16 | 13 | 29 | ||
| Legitimate | 14 | 12 | 26 | ||
| Illegitimate | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Notified Live Births. | Ward Distribution. | ||||
| Total Births notified in the district | Total. | N. East. | N. West. | S. East. | S. West. |
| 388 | 124 | 93 | 52 | 119 | |
| Notifications received from other districts | 437 | 148 | 121 | 56 | 112 |
| Notified Still Births Inside | 6 | Outside | 12 | Total 18 | |
| Notifications were received from : | |||||
| Doctors and Parents | 670 | ||||
| Midwives | 173 | ||||
| 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 10,650 |
| (b) by children between 1 and 5 years of age 7,737 |