Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. At Ages—Years. | Ward Distribution. | ||||||||||||
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At all Ages | Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 3 to 4 | 5 to 9 | 10 to 14 | 15 to 24 | 25 to 14 | 45 to 64 | Over 64 | North East | North West | South East | South West | |
Scarlet Fever | 103 | - | 8 | 17 | 48 | 19 | 7 | 4 | - | - | 22 | 17 | 14 | 50 |
Diphtheria | 34 | - | 3 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 | 10 | 3 | 14 |
Pneumonia | 76 | 1 | - | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 17 | 26 | 16 | 6 | 28 |
Erysipelas | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 5 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Dysentery | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
Tuberculosis (resp.) | 104 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 26 | 46 | 25 | 3 | 35 | 30 | 19 | 20 |
Tuberculosis (non-resp.) | 22 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | - | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
Measles | 281 | 11 | 61 | 83 | 109 | 8 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 101 | 47 | 47 | 86 |
Whooping Cough | 48 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 25 | 11 | 5 | 7 |
Opthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
Meningitis | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
Typhoid | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Food Poisoning | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
TOTALS | 701 | 29 | 84 | 117 | 204 | 46 | 59 | 85 | 53 | 23 | 233 | 147 | 100 | 221 |