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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1947.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. At Ages—Years. | Ward Distribution. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | Under 1 | 1 . to 2 | 3 to 4 | 5 to 9 | 10 to 14 | 15 to 24 | 25 to 44 | 45 to 64 | Over 64 | North Eiast | North West | South East | South West | |
| Scarlet Fever | 55 | — | 5 | 12 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 6 | 22 | 6 | 21 |
| Diphtheria | 10 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 6 | — | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 45 | — | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 17 |
| Erysipelas | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | \— | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Dysentery | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Tuberculosis (resp.) | 106 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 47 | 14 | 3 | 26 | 47 | 14 | 21 |
| Tuberculosis (non-resp.) | '24 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| Measles | 514 | 23 | 122 | 165 | 184 | 13 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 92 | 173 | 88 | 161 |
| Whooping Cough | 87 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 34 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 19 | 45 | 3 | 20 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Meningitis | 7 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — |
| Typhoid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 15 | — | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 9 | — | 3 |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | •— | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| TOTALS | 883 | 36 | 151 | 223 | 259 | 36 | 54 | 76 | 36 | 15 | 169 | 340 | 122 | 252 |