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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR (Corrected).
| Notifiable Disease | Cases notified in whole District At Ages—Years | Ward Distribution | Hospital Cases | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages | Under 1 year | 1-2 | 3—4 | 5—9 | 10—14 | 15—24 | 25—44 | 45—64 | Over 64 | N.E. | N.W. | S. | S.E. | S.W. | E- | W. | c. | ||
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 73 | — | 6 | 15 | 47 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | 14 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 13 |
| Whooping Cough | 182 | 13 | 39 | 51 | 72 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 13 | 16 | 31 | 27 | 30 | 16 | 31 | 18 | 5 |
| Measles | 546 | 9 | 112 | 160 | 253 | 2 | 5 | 5 | — | — | 60 | 67 | 103 | 93 | 70 | 42 | 48 | 63 | 9 |
| Pneumonia | 18 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | — | 1 | — | 3 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 4 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 4 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Acute Encephalitis (Infective) | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | 15 | — | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 14 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 5 |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 57 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 15 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 8 | — |
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | 10 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | _ | 3 | — |
| Erysipelas | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| TOTALS | 934 | 25 | 163 | 236 | 383 | 13 | 29 | 44 | 28 | 13 | 108 | 92 | 159 | 145 | 145 | 85 | 96 | 104 | 55 |