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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE V.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1937.
| 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 | 15 to 65 | Over 65 | North East | North West | South East | South West | |
| Scarlet Fever | 207 | 1 | 42 | 135 | 13 | 16 | — | — | 37 | 55 | 56 | 59 |
| Diphtheria | 69 | — | 24 | 39 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 8 | 7 | 11 | 43 |
| Pneumonia | 73 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 27 | 13 | 16 | 17 |
| Erysipelas | 24 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 8 | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Paratyphoid | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Typhoid | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Tuberculosis (resp.) | 79 | — | — | 2 | 27 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 14 | 19 |
| Tuberculosis (other) | 15 | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | – | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| TOTALS | 484 | 11 | 77 | 187 | 63 | 73 | 48 | 25 | 120 | 103 | 104 | 157 |