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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 1956
[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 | 6—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 | 35 | – | 8 | 7 | 19 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Whooping Cough | 79 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 34 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 4 |
| Measles | 97 | 4 | 26 | 28 | 35 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 50 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 37 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 5 | – |
| Tuberculosis (Meninges & C.N.S.) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tuberculosis (other forms) | 7 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| Acute Encephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dysentery | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pneumonia | 16 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| Paratyphoid | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| Typhoid Fever | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | 33 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 9 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| TOTALS | 337 | 17 | 51 | 64 | 98 | 8 | 21 | 38 | 29 | 11 | 77 | 32 | 35 | 27 | 52 | 23 | 40 | 51 | 30 |