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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1957
Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Acton, W.3.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Acton.
I submit the Annual Report of the health of the Borough of
Acton for 1957.
During the year there were 919 cases of measles. Some serious
sequelae occurred chiefly in children under school age. There were
12 cases of poliomyelitis and during this year the limited scheme
for polio-vaccination was extended; 1884 children completed a course
with 2,034 awaiting the arrival of Salk vaccine.
I append below a table showing the deaths that have occurred
due to cancer of the lung or bronchus. The greatest number of
deaths, as one has recently been led to expect, were due to cancer
of the bronchus in the male population of the 45.65 age group.