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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1944.
| 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 | 65 | - | 46 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 20 | 23 | 11 | 11 | |
| Diphtheria | 13 | - | 3 | 8 | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | 3 | - | 6 |
| Pneumonia | 65 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 14 |
| Erysipelas | 9 | — | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis (resp.) | 96 | — | — | 4 | 33 | 36 | 22 | 1 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 23 |
| Tuberculosis (other) | 15 | — | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | - | 8 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Measles | 13 | 1 | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | - | 2 | |
| Whooping Cough | 31 | 12 | 9 | - | 1 | - | - | 7 | 11 | 7 | 6 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Meningitis | 3 | — | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| Typhoid | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| TOTALS | 318 | 14 | 43 | 79 | 52 | 69 | 49 | 12 | 105 | 98 | 47 | 68 |