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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 1952
[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 | Cases treated in Hospital | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 East | South West | East | West | Central j | ||
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 168 | 12 | 35 | 106 | 8 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 27 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 32 | 18 | 54 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | _ | 1 |
| Measles | 609 | '25 | 132 | 141 | 299 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 159 | 19 | 46 | 42 | 47 | 125 | 88 | 83 | 5 |
| Whooping Cough | 65 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 16 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | |
| Typhoid Fever | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | ||
| Food Poisoning | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | 4 | 4 | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Dysentery | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 31 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | — | 5 | 4 |
| Poliomyelitis (paralytic) | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | |
| Poliomyelitis (non-paralytic) | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Encephalitis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | _— | 1 |
| Meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | • — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 52 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 12 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pul') | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| TOTALS | 978 | 37 | 162 | •202 | 429 | 21 | 32 | 52 | 36 | 7 | 214 | 52 | 85 | 68 | 85 | 205 | 147 | 122 | 119 |