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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 5.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1939.
| 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 | 45 to 65 | Over 65 | North East | North West | South East | South West | |
| Scarlet Fever | 89 | - | 23 | 47 | 7 | 9 | 3 | - | 37 | 22 | 16 | 14 |
| Diphtheria | 6 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| Pneumonia | 43 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Erysipelas | 11 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 15 | - | - | - | 8 | 7 | - | - | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Tuberculosis (resp.) | 88 | - | 1 | 5 | 27 | 40 | 13 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 19 | 20 |
| Tuberculosis (other) | 7 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Measlesj | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| TOTALS | 202 | 3 | 31 | 63 | 46 | 77 | 33 | 9 | 99 | 57 | 49 | 57 |