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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 1958
[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 | 81 | — | 5 | 22 | 43 | 10 | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 11 |
| Whooping; Cough | 26 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Measles | 172 | 7 | 32 | 47 | 78 | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 23 | 79 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 38 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | |
| Tuberculosis (Meninges & C.N.S.) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis (other forms) | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Acute Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 25 | — | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Pneumonia | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Paratyphoid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid Fever | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | 28 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 6 | — | — | 5 | 7 | — | 1 | 9 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | 399 | 14 | 48 | 78 | 144 | 19 | 23 | 34 | 31 | 8 | 49 | 101 | 21 | 20 | 69 | 34 | 47 | 58 | 27 |