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Deaths from Puerperal Causes (Heading 29 and 80 of the Registrar
General's Short List).
Rate per 1,000 total
Deaths. live & still births.
No. 29. Puereral Sepsis 2 2.1
No. 30. Other Puerperal Causes — —
Death rate of Infants under 1 year of age.
All infants per 1,000 live births 71.2
Legitimate infants per 1,000 live births 70.2
Illegitimate infants per 1,000 live births 80
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 112
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 1
Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) Nil
Deaths from Diphtheria (all ages) 1
Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 22
SECTION B.
General Provision of Health Services in the Area.
Laboratory Facilities. For the last three months of the year, by
arrangement with the Ministry of Health, all materials tequiring
bacteriological examination have been sent to the Emergency
Medical Service Laboratory, Churchfield Road, Ealing.
Ambulance Facilities. Since the 1st April, 1942, the Borough
Council has been responsible for maintaining the Ambulance Service
previously administered by the Acton Fire Brigade. Civil Defence
personnel are responsible for manning the ambulances.
The Acton & Wembrey Joint Hospital Board still maintain: an
ambulance for removal of infectious cases.
Nursing in the Home. The same facilities exist as in previous
years, the number of sick persons under care was 379 necessitating
13,620 visits.
Hospital Provision. The Acton Borough Council together with
the Wembley Bbrough Council maintain a Joint Hospital for treatment
of Infectious Disease cases. The Acton Voluntary Hospital
treats both surgical and medical cases, as does the Central Middlesex
County Hospital which is maintained by the Middlesex County
Council.