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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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The following table gives the number of cases notified, the number of deaths which occurred, and the number of patients admitted to hospital during 1936. The notifications h
| DISEASES. | NOTIFICATIONS. | Total all Ages. | Cases admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||
| At Ages—Years. | ||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 Year. | I and under 2. | 2 and under 3. | 3 and under 4. | 4 and under 5. | 5 and under 10. | 10 and under 15. | 15 and under 20. | 20 and under 35. | 35 and under 45. | ^5 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||
| 1. | Small-pox | - | - | - | - | _- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2. | Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 4 | 26 | 28 | 33 | 43 | 157 | 50 | 25 | 60 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 43† | 424 | 6 |
| 3. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 10 | 22 | 37 | 52 | 34 | 186 | 71 | 17 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 487 | 483 | 8 |
| 4. | Enteric or Typhoid Fever | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 11 | 11 | 1 | |
| 5. | Puerperal Fever | — | — | - | — | — | 5 | 4 | — | 9 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| 6. | Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 21 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 18 | — |
| 7. | Erysipelas | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 11 | 81 | 64 | 7 | |
| 8. | Certbro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 9. | Anterior Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 10. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | †31 | — | |
| 11. | Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 12. | Acute Influenza and Influenzal Pneumonia | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 46 | 25 | 25 * | |||
| 13. | Acute Primary Pneumonia | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 17 | 53 | 182 | 147 | 9* | |
| 14. | Malaria | - | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | 12 | 5 | 5 | — | 22 | 22 | 1 |
| 15. | Dysentery | 4 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | — | 57 | 57 | 3 |
| 16. | Measles | 180 | 314 | 362 | 39' | 462 | 1155 | 51 | 17 | 37 | 6 | — | 2975 | 785 | 17 | |
| 17. | German Measles | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 2 | — | 1 | 78 | 20 | - |
| 18. | Food Poisoning | — | - | — | — | — | — | - | - | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | - | - |
* For Pneumonia Deaths, see Table on pages 31 and 32.
† Excluding one case which came to notice alter death.