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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR
| 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 East | North West | South East | South West | |
| Scarlet Fever | 79 | — | 5 | 15 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 36 | 8 | 15 | |
| Diphtheria | 6 | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 23 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 8 |
| Erysipelas | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| Dysentery | 5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 |
| Tuberculosis (resp.) .... | 115 | — | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 51 | 18 | 3 | 29 | 46 | 9 | 31 |
| Tuberculosis (non-resp.) | 11 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Measles | 378 | 16 | 81 | 136 | 130 | 10 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 100 | 105 | 87 | 86 |
| Whooping Cough | 159 | 16 | 44 | 42 | 55 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 51 | 49 | 19 | 40 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | 4 | |
| Meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Typhoid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Poliomyelitis | 9 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| TOTALS | 806 | 42 | 141 | 199 | 234 | 29 | 49 | 781 | 25 | 9 | 223 | 256 | 132 | 195 |