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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 1955
[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 | 83 | —_ | 3 | 23 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 1 | —_ | —_ | 9 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 28 | 10 | 13 |
| Whooping; Cough | 55 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 3 | —_ | —_ | 1 | —_ | 9 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 2 |
| Measles | 647 | 13 | 114 | 160 | 343 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 100 | 80 | 99 | 81 | 38 | 87 | 77 | 85 | 6 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 12 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | —_ | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Non- | 16 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 3 | — | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Tuberculosis (Meninges & C.N.S.) | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —__ |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis (other forms) | 8 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 9 | |
| Meningococcal Infection | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Acute Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 5 | — | 3 | — | — | —_ | 1 | —_ | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | —_ | —_ | —_ | 1 | —_ | — | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | —_ | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | —_ |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | —_ | — | —_ | 1 | —_ | —_ | 2 | — |
| Pneumonia | 28 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Paratyphoid | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | _— | —_ | — | —_ | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid Fever | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | —_ | — | —_ | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| Food Poisoning | 37 | — | 3 | — | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 9 | —_ | 4 | 8 | 4 | — | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | |
| Erysipelas | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| TOTALS | 956 | 34 | 134 | 202 | 421 | 28 | 29 | 50 | 45 | 13 | 140 | 104 | 128 | 102 | 84 | 116 | 148 | 134 | 70 |