London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1950
[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 — | South Eas1 | South West | East | West | Central | |
| Scarlet Fever | 112 | — | 2 | 33 | 61 | 11 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 11 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 20 | 6 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 39 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis (Resp.) | 92 | 1 | 5 | — | 3 | — | 30 | 33 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 15 |
| Tuberculosis (non-resp.) | 9 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 2 |
| Measles | 453 | 5 | 111 | 142 | 191 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 61 | 60 | 69 | 39 | 43 | 40 | 59 | 82 |
| Whooping Cough | 173 | 13 | 42 | 50 | 64 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 35 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 27 | 43 | 24 | 11 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Meningitis | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Paratyphoid | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 7 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TOTALS | 907 | 24 | 166 | 230 | 324 | 19 | 45 | 49 | 32 | 18 | 125 | 86 | 120 | 85 | 135 | 104 | 132 | 120 |