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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1940.
| Notifiable Disease. / | Cases notified in whole District. At Ages—Years. | Ward Distribution. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | Under 1 | 1 to 6 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | Over 65 | North East | North 1 West | South East | South West | |
| Scarlet Fever | 20 | - | 6 | 1 1 | 3 | 6 | - | - | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| Diphtheria | 7 | - | - | 6 | I | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| Pneumonia | 24 | 1 | 2 | l | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | 11 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Paratyphoid | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| Tuberculosis (resp.) | 78 | - | 1 | 2 | 21 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
| Tuberculosis (other) | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | 5 |
| Measles | 28 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | - | - | - | 5 | 10 | 11 | |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Enteric | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Meningitis | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 8 | 2 | 2 | |
| TOTALS | 214 | 14 | 22 | 31 | 47 | 52 | 38 | 10 | 66 | 54 | 47 | 47 |