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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 9
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1917.
| Notifiable Disease | Cases Notified in whole District | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | Removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years | At all Ages | North-East | North-West | South-East | South-West | ||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 & upwards | |||||||
| Measles and German Measles | 48 | 602 | 627 | 109 | 58 | 11 | — | 1455 | 341 | 285 | 282 | 547 | 8 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 6 | 30 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 45 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 26 |
| Diphtheria | — | 14 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 67 | 24 | 10 | 24 | 9 | 54 |
| Enteric (Typhoid) | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | — | — | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | — | 1 | 7 | 29 | 76 | 21 | 5 | 139 | 31 | 16 | 38 | 54 | 19 |
| (Other) | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | 29 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 97 |
| Totals | 57 | 627 | 728 | 159 | 145 | 43 | 7 | 1,766 | 432 | 335 | 365 | 634 | 208 |