Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 9.
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACT. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Notified by | |||||
Live Births | Still Births | Doctors | Midwives | Nurses | Parents |
1,341 | 53 | 630 | 634 | 64 | 66 |
Registered, but not Notified | 32 | ||||
Multiple Notifications | 42 | ||||
Twins | 13 | ||||
Percentage of births Visited | 70 |
TABLE 10.
ISOLATION HOSPITAL. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Measles | Septic Throat | Cerebrospinal Meningitis | |
Admitted | 137 | 73 | 15 | 19 | 1 |
Deaths | 4 | 11 | — | — | — |
Remaining in Hospital, January 1st, 1915 | 61 | ||||
Remaining in Hospital, December 31st, 1915 | 46 |
TABLE 11.
DEATHS FROM MEASLES. | |||
Colville Road | 3 | All Saints Road | |
Berrymede Road | 2 | Antrobus Road | 1 |
Stanley Road | 2 | Fletcher Road | 1 |
Mill Hill Terrace | 2 | Palmerston Road | 1 |
Friars Cottages | 1 | Packington Road | 1 |
Leamington Terrace | 1 | Strafford Road | 1 |
Beaconsfield Road | 1 | Shaftesbury Road | 1 |
Fielding Road | 1 | Stirling Road | 1 |
Southfield Road | 1 | Temple Road | 1 |
Whellock Road | 1 | Park Road North | 1 |
High Road, Chiswick | 0 |
TABLE 12.
DIPHTHERIA SWABS EXAMINED. | ||
---|---|---|
Negative | Positive | |
Hospital Patients | 274 | 99 |
From Private Doctors | 115 | 41 |
Contacts | 88 | 8 |
School Sore Throat | 33 | 5 |
Convalescent Cases | 6 | 3 |
516 | 156 | |
Total | 672 |