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Acton 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1915.
TABLE 2.
Notifiable Disease
Cases Notified in whole District
Total Cases Notified in
each Ward
Total Cases removed
to Hospital
At all
Ages
At Ages—Years
North-East
North-West
South-East
South-West
Under
1
1 to
5
3 to
15
15 to
25
25 to
45
45 to
65
65
&upwards
Small pox
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
_
Cholera (C) Plague(P)
_
_
—
—
—
—
—
Diphtheria (including Membranous
croup)
78
_
21
39
9
7
1
1
20
16
18
24
63
Erysipelas
32
3
2
1
3
7
12
4
7
6
9
10
5
Scarlet Fever
163
3
32
96
20
10
2
45
26
50
42
100
Typhus Fever
Enteric fever
4
—
—
3
_
1
1
2
1
1
Relapsing fever
—
—
—
—
_
—
—
Continued fever
—
—
_
—
_
—
—
—
Puerperal fever
3
—
—
—
1
2
—
1
—
2
2
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis
3
—
1
2
2
1
2
Poliomyelitis
11
2
9
_
_
2
3
1
5
5
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
5
5
_
—
_
—
—
—
4
_
1
_
_
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
116
—
—
5
25
56
26
4
39
14
25
38
71
Other forms of tuberculosis
17
—
4
4
4
5
—
—
2
6
2
7
11
Totals
432
13
69
150
62
88
41
9
123
71
110
128
260
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