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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 1951
[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 | 10to 14 | 15 to 24 | 25 to 44 | 45 to 64 | Over 64 | North East | North West | South | South East | South West | East | West | Central | |
| Scarlet Fever | 72 | — | 5 | 26 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 11 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 7 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 47 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | _ | 3 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 9 |
| Erysipelas | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 67 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| Tuberculosis (Pul.) | 117 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 28 | 49 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 18 |
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pul.) | 11 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Measles | 975 | 17 | 233 | 304 | 386 | 14 | 15 | 6 | — | — | 106 | 77 | 118 | 130 | 153 | 142 | 145 | 104 |
| Whooping Cough | 118 | 15 | 36 | 33 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 25 | 8 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 17 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningitis | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Paratyphoid | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — |
| TOTALS | 1430 | 40 | 293 | 378 | 480 | 23 | 54 | 90 | 59 | 13 | 160 | 116 | 182 | 173 | 213 | 197 | 205 | 184 |