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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 1954
[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. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 86 | — | 3 | 19 | 55 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | 21 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 13 |
| Whooping Cough. | 40 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Measles | 87 | 2 | 18 | 24 | 41 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 2 | 6 | — | 22 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | 1 | — | — | —_ | — | — | 1 | — | — | —_ | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 40 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | |
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | 16 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | i |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Acute Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 7 | 6 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | I | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | 18 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 8 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| TOTALS | 327 | 12 | 33 | 53 | 120 | 9 | 21 | 41 | 31 | 7 | 80 | 24 | 25 | 29 | 48 | 47 | 37 | 37 | 35 |