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Acton 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Acton and Wembley Joint Hospital Report for the Year 1943.
Patients admitted during 1942 400.
Patients admitted during 1943 676.
PATIENTS ADMITTED:
Sc. Fever Diph. C.S.M. Ery. Wh.C. Measles. Vincent's Angina. Ger. Measles. Mumps. Ch. Pox.
Acton 128 29 3 2 3 51 — 2 — 2
Wembley 374 30 3 8 6 28 1— 2 —
Ealing 1 — — — — 3 — — — —
503 59 6 10 9 82 1 2 2 2
TOTAL 676.
DEATHS:
Diph. Wh. C.
Acton 1 —
Wembley — 1
1 1
TOTAL 2.
PATIENTS DISCHARGED :
Sc. Fever Diph. C.S.M. Ery. Wh.C. Measles. Vincent's Angina. Ger. Measles. Mumps. Ch. Pox.
Acton 126 29 3 2 3 53 — 2 — 3
Wembley 325 30 3 8 5 28 1 — 1 —
Ealing 1 — — — — 3 — — — —
452 59 6 10 8 84 1 2 1 3
TOTAL 626.
Transfers: 1 Wembley Mumps to Central Middlesex Hospital.
Patients in Hospital January 1st, 1943 27.
Patients in Hospital January 1st, 1944 74.
Tuberculosis.
Particulars of new cases and of deaths from the disease during
1943 are given below.
95 cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 19 cases of other
forms of Tuberculosis were notified during the year.
There were 45 deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis and 8 deaths
from other forms of Tuperculsis.
The following table gives the age incidence of new cases of
tuberculosis in 1943 and of deaths from the disease in the area
in 1943.