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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 1957
[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 | 20 | _ | 2 | 3 | 14 | 1 | _ | __ | _ | _ | 4 | 5 | _ | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 87 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 8 | 1 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 1 |
| Measles | 919 | 24 | 178 | 245 | 456 | 11 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 46 | 77 | 117 | 109 | 242 | 119 | 130 | 79 | 15 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 6 | — | 1 | _ | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | 6 | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 5 |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | |
| Tuberculosis (Meninges & C.N.S.) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis (other forms) | 8 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 24 | — | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 14 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | — | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Paratyphoid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 47 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| TOTALS | 1177 | 39 | 202 | 274 | 514 | 27 | 26 | 46 | 35 | 14 | 92 | 98 | 151 | 143 | 266 | 141 | 180 | 106 | 41 |