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2
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1958
Public Health Department,
Town Hall,
Acton, W.3.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of Acton.
I submit my Annual Report on the health of the Borough of
Acton for the year 1958.
The Borough has remained free of any serious outbreak of
infectious diseases. Only three cases of Poliomyelitis were confirmed
and there were no deaths from this disease. The scheme for
vaccination against poliomyelitis was extended during the year to
persons born between 1933-42 so that in fact all persons up to and
including 25 years of age, as well as special categories of any age,
became eligible for this protection.
A rise occurred in both the birth rate and death rate, the principle
causes of death being circulatory diseases, heart diseases and
cancer.
I append below a table showing the deaths that have occurred
due to cancer of the lung and bronchus.