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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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| 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. | 1 s. | S.E. | | s.w. | E- | w. | C. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 65 | _ | 5 | 14 | 40 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 5 |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | _ | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | – |
| Measles | 711 | 18 | 138 | 194 | 336 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | 102 | 25 | 89 | 112 | 106 | 78 | 78 | 121 | 6 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 32 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | – |
| Tuberculosis (Meninges & C.N.S.) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tuberculosis (other forms) | 5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Acute Encephalitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dysentery | 10 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | – | – | – | – | _ – | – | – | _ – | –_ | – | – | – | –_ | – | _ – | –_ | – | – | – |
| Pneumonia | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | – | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | – |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| Paratyphoid | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Typhoid Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Food Poisoning | 9 | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| TOTALS | 864 | 25 | 149 | 212 | 383 | 26 | 22 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 116 | 47 | 104 | 121 | 135 | 97 | 106 | 138 | 15 |